[wellylug] Re. Abiword crashes with libfribidi0 problems

[Adam Bogacki]

Apologies .. I sent this from the wrong email address.

Adam Bogacki,
afb at paradise.net.nz

> Thanks for your advice and assistance.
>
> I have installed Abiword 2.4.6 and 2.5.2 from source using
>
> ./configure --with-fribidi --prefix=/home/...
>
> and can open either from terminal, and 2.4.6 from also from the menu
> (possibly because I did not initially specify a location to install
> so it used defaults which may be overwritten during the next Abiword
> apt-upgrade).
>
> I'll continue with a pinned Etch and Sid system because it gives me
> access to more recent pkgs such as Scribes text editor and 'epdfview'.
>
> I'm having trouble install plugins, docs, and extras in 2.5.2 .. getting
>
> "No package 'abiword-2.5' found" ..  a different name from
> /home/adam/Abiword-2.5.2 .. perhaps I should rename it 'abiword-2.5'
>
> In any case, I have two compiled backups allowing me to work while
> the debian version resolves itself.