Re: WordPerfect Office 2000 for Linux - Deluxe

Derek Murphy (Simba 64 bit) wrote:
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> On Sat, 30 Oct 2010, Dave wrote:
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>> I have my boxed set of  WPO2000Linux that I'd like to install on this
>> Fedora 12 system, but have been unsuccessful so far.
>>
>> When I try
>> rpm -Uvh
>> /media/WPO2000Linux_Deluxe-765/dists/redhat/i386/wine-wpo2000-glibc-2.0-2000.03.13.12.01-1.i386.rpm
>>
>> I stumble over thing such as
>> error: Failed dependencies:
>>     libncurses.so.4 is needed by
>>     
>
> You are probably better off to see if OpenOffice will open the old files 
> you've got.
>
> You *could* install an old distro in VirtualBox, and then install it 
> there...
>
> If you *really* want to run WPO2K on your modern distro, you'll need to 
> compile and install the old ncurses library, but expect there to be MANY 
> more missing libraries with old versions - it was built against what were, 
> even *then*, older versions of libraries. I think I remember it using a 
> soon-to-be-superceeded version of glibc, even.
>
> I had missong libs hiccups like that when installing on Slackware, if I 
> remember rightly, but patience is a (SysAdmin) virtue... once I compiled 
> and installed them so that all the libs were there, it worked.
>
> I fondly remember buying it at an OCLUG meeting - it was the FIRST non-OS 
> Linux program I was ever able to actually buy. I think I even have it 
> kicking around my basement somewhere.
>
> - -- 
>                   Derek T. Murphy <[email protected]>
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Thank you Derek:

I just confirmed that "VirtualBox" is available in my Fedora 
repositories, so will take a look later. I think it was mentioned at an 
OCLUG meeting I was able to attend a year or so.

Failing that, I could bring the box to an OCLUG meeting and abandon it ...

Cheers.
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