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[Dewbie]

(special thanks to sickgut)

With 4.x and Wary 5.x Puppies, SoftMaker Office 2008 installs, but won't launch from Menu.
Dependency check shows nothing is needed.
However, launching from terminal generates gtkdialog error.

I've only tested this with one computer.
(Compaq Deskpro PII / 350MHz)
So results may vary, depending on hardware.

GTK / libs were installed all at once, followed by reboot.

Links to required packages:

deb2pet.rpm2pet-0.0.4.pet
glib-2.22.2-p4.pet
gtkdialog4-246-w5.pet
libc6_2.11.2-10_i386.deb
softmakeroffice-2008-bk.pet

This SoftMaker Office 2008 .pet can be installed either before or after dependencies are installed.

I've tested with below-listed Puppies:

Classic Pup 2.14xRC5:
* Install softmakeroffice-2008-bk.pet.
* Click Menu / Refresh menu.
Extra details in my post here.
ttuuxxx said next 2.14x (after Top9) will have glib-2.28.8.
I don't know if this will affect anything.

Puppy Linux 3.01 / 4.1.2:
(haven't tested 4.2.x; probably the same)
Must install dependencies in following order:
* Install glib-2.22.2-p4.pet.
* Install deb2pet.rpm2pet-0.0.4.pet.
* Right-click libc6_2.11.2-10_i386.deb, then left-click Convert to pet.
* Install newly created libc6_2.11.2-10_i386.pet.
* Install gtkdialog4-246-w5.pet.
* Save and reboot.
* Install softmakeroffice-2008-bk.pet.
* Click Menu / Shutdown / Restart JWM.
This might turn Puppy-Podcast-Grabber into a zombie.
("Kill" might not kill it.)
So try this: Menu / Shutdown / Restart X server.

Puppy Linux 4.3.1:
Must install dependencies in following order:
* Install libc6_2.11.2-10_i386.deb; 4.3.1 installs .debs as-is.
* Install gtkdialog4-246-w5.pet.
* Save and reboot.
* Install softmakeroffice-2008-bk.pet.
See above; same Puppy-Podcast-Grabber problem.

Wary 5.1.1:
* Install gtkdialog4-246-w5.pet.
* Save and reboot.
* Install softmakeroffice-2008-bk.pet.

[tuxtoo]

I noticed on Barry’s Blog http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02435, one of the comments says;

“Also, it comes with language English (US) and spellchecker English (US). I can't see any option to change this or download appropriate language file and dictionary for (in my case) English (UK).”

I tried Barry’s cut-down version using the live CD of Wary-512. Installing 'softmakeroffice-2008-bk.pet' and 'gtkdialog4-246-w5.pet' worked fine but had the same problem with selecting the English (UK) language.

I have a HD install (Wary-512) with the full version of SMO-2008 and I noticed that Barry’s version has a missing file, namely- ‘language.cfn’ from /usr/share/office2008/spell. So I have made a dotpet to install this missing file.

[Dewbie]

BarryK has uploaded corrected versions of Softmaker Office 2008, which include the missing English (UK) language file:
softmakeroffice-2008-1-x86.pet
softmakeroffice_DOC-2008-1-x86.pet
softmakeroffice_NLS-2008-1-x86.pet

[tuxtoo]

[Dewbie]

Please note:
I haven't changed the SoftMaker Office 2008 link in the first post.
It's still the older version, minus the UK language pack.
I'm leaving it as-is to avoid any confusion.