Re: problem report, compiling from CVS on Linux

Moses DeJong (dejong@cs.umn.edu)
Tue, 1 Jun 1999 15:59:56 -0500 (CDT)


Perhaps I am doing something wrong on the install. Here is what I get
when I ran "make install"

% make install

...

(cd /usr/local/project/abi/src/../user/wp/sample; tar -cf -
[A-Z][a-z][A-Z][A-Z]/*.*) | (cd
/usr/local/project/abi/src/../src/Linux_2.2.7_i386_OBJ/AbiSuite/AbiWord/sample;
tar -xf -)
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/project/abi/src/wp'
(cd /usr/local/project/abi/src/../../abidistfiles; tar -cf -
dictionary/*.hash) | (cd
/usr/local/project/abi/src/../src/Linux_2.2.7_i386_OBJ/AbiSuite; tar -xf
-)
/bin/sh: cd: /usr/local/project/abi/src/../../abidistfiles: No such file
or directory
tar: Cannot add file dictionary/*.hash: No such file or directory
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
(cd /usr/local/project/abi/src/../../abidistfiles; tar -cf - icons/*_48*)
| (cd /usr/local/project/abi/src/../src/Linux_2.2.7_i386_OBJ/AbiSuite; tar
-xf -)
/bin/sh: cd: /usr/local/project/abi/src/../../abidistfiles: No such file
or directory
tar: Cannot add file icons/*_48*: No such file or directory
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
echo
/usr/local/project/abi/src/../src/Linux_2.2.7_i386_OBJ/AbiSuite/fonts/scripts
/usr/local/project/abi/src/../src/Linux_2.2.7_i386_OBJ/AbiSuite/fonts/scripts
(cd /usr/local/project/abi/src/../../unixfonts; tar -cf - BUILD README
INSTALL COPYING readme.abw install.sh) | (cd
/usr/local/project/abi/src/../src/Linux_2.2.7_i386_OBJ/AbiSuite/fonts/scripts;
tar -xf -)
/bin/sh: cd: /usr/local/project/abi/src/../../unixfonts: No such file or
directory
tar: Cannot add file BUILD: No such file or directory
tar: Cannot add file README: No such file or directory
tar: Cannot add file INSTALL: No such file or directory
tar: Cannot add file COPYING: No such file or directory
tar: Cannot add file readme.abw: No such file or directory
tar: Cannot add file install.sh: No such file or directory
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
(cd /usr/local/project/abi/src/../../unixfonts/fonts; tar -cf - fonts.dir
*.pfa *.afm) | (cd
/usr/local/project/abi/src/../src/Linux_2.2.7_i386_OBJ/AbiSuite/fonts/data;
tar -xf -)
/bin/sh: cd: /usr/local/project/abi/src/../../unixfonts/fonts: No such
file or directory
tar: Cannot add file fonts.dir: No such file or directory
tar: Cannot add file *.pfa: No such file or directory
tar: Cannot add file *.afm: No such file or directory
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

Putting things in []...

TODO...

Is that what is should be doing? Do I need to install something
else before installing abiword for the first time?

thanks
mo

On Tue, 1 Jun 1999, Shaw Terwilliger wrote:

> Moses DeJong wrote:
> > I hate to sound like a broken record here, but I not get a font related
> > error when I start the compiled (dynamic) executable. The application
> > pops up a dialog that says "Found no fonts.dir in font path ...". My
> > system has a bunch of fonts.dir files installed in the default locations.
> > Why can't abi find them? Do I need to set some env var or something?
> > I looked at other messages in the mailing list archives but I did not
> > see a solution to the problem.
> >
> > % find /usr/X11R6 -name fonts.dir
> > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/fonts.dir
> > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/fonts.dir
> > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/fonts.dir
> > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/fonts.dir
> > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/fonts.dir
>
> Assuming you've installed one of the packages (.tar.gz static
> or dynamic) before, and put it in /usr/local/AbiSuite:
>
> setenv ABISUITE_HOME /usr/local/AbiSuite
> -or-
> set ABISUITE_HOME=/usr/local/AbiSuite; export ABISUITE_HOME
>
> Then run the binary. Then you'll get another error telling you
> AbiWord can't find a given font through the X server. Do
> xset fp+ /usr/local/AbiSuite/fonts. Run the binary again and it
> should work.
>
> There is a wrapper script installed in /usr/local/AbiSuite/bin/
> called (wow) AbiWord. It's where symlinks in /usr/local/bin
> point. If you haven't installed from a package before, you
> won't have any of this.
>
> I'm now fixing that problem so a user can just do "make install"
> and then "abiword" and everything will run. Expect the changes,
> along with some updated web content, any day now.
>
> --
> Shaw Terwilliger
>



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