solved: what version of abiword do you get with abiword 3.0?

On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 23:53:03 PM +0200, Marco Fioretti wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> I just downloaded this file
> 
> http://abisource.com/downloads/abiword/3.0.0/source/abiword-3.0.0.tar.gz
> 
> compiled it on a Fedora 17 x86_64 as follows:
> 
> ./configure --enable-plugins --enable-builtin-plugins --enable-clipart  --enable-templates
> 
> got this result below and then ran make and make install.
> 
> Now I have (side by side with abiword 2.8.6 (/usr/bin/abiword) from
> fedora packages) another abiword binary in /usr/local/bin/abiword
> 
> but when I launch that one and click on help-> about abiword, the
> pop-up still says that that is abiword 2.8.6, not 3.0

Yesterday I realized that, even if I was sure this was NOT the case, I
had initially been running the configure and make steps as root.  

As I understand it now, this distraction left temporary files owned by
root in the src directory (see previous messages in this thread). If, why
and how this is what actually left me with a 2.8.6 abiword binary in
/usr/local/bin/... I am not sure. Explanations are welcome.

Anyway, I removed that binary manually, ran make distclean, erased the
working directory and started from scratch from the tarball, i.e.

tar xf abiword3.source.code
configure (with the options mentioned in previous messages)
make
make install

doing ONLY the last step as root, and now I do have a
/usr/local/bin/abiword that says "Abiword 3.0.0" in its about box.

Thanks again to all who helped!
        Marco
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