Thread: iLiad Abiword
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Old 04-28-2007, 12:14 PM   #31
azerty
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install abiword without touching root filesystem

For those feeling more comfortable installing Abiword without throwing lots of files into the root filesystem the mount -o bind olddir newdir command is a good option. I have Abiword running (the run.sh script gives some errors but executing <install_dir./bin/abiword from ssh shell works fine, especially using the USB keyboard) using the following mount commands. First execute:

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mkdir <install_dir>/etc
mount -o bind <install_dir>/loaders /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/
# wait a few seconds to establish the mount
/usr/bin/gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders > <install_dir>/etc/gdk-pixbuf.loaders
add this to the run.sh script or execute it manually
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mount -o bind <install_dir>/loaders /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/
mount -o bind <install_dir>/etc /etc/gtk-2.0
where <install_dir> is the abiword directory e.g. /mnt/card/abiword
The nice thing about using this consturction is that the root file system is not touched and after reboot or unmount the original filesystem is unchanged.

Remark: selecting some items in the menu cause abiword to crash.I will post the output later.

Hope this will lower the risk of installing and using Abiword!

Last edited by azerty; 04-28-2007 at 05:48 PM.
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