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Install BarryK's SoftMaker Office 2008 .pet in older Puppies
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Dewbie
Joined: 15 Apr 2010 Posts: 1783 |
Edit: 9/17/2013: I wrote (via e-mail):
SoftMaker replied:
(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. Edited_times_total |
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tuxtoo
 Joined: 14 Dec 2010 Posts: 105 Location: North Yorkshire, UK |
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.
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Dewbie
Joined: 15 Apr 2010 Posts: 1783 |
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 |
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tuxtoo
Joined: 14 Dec 2010 Posts: 105 Location: North Yorkshire, UK |
Thanks Dewbie. I missed that one. |
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Dewbie
Joined: 15 Apr 2010 Posts: 1783 |
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. |
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darry1966
Joined: 26 Feb 2012 Posts: 364 Location: New Zealand |
For Puppy Linux 3.01, probaly series 4 as well I have found you can use Glib-2.28.8 from Wary puppy herehttp://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/pet_packages-wary5/glib-2.28.8-w5c.pet. Better for compiling stuff. |
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mikeb
 Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 8028 |
whats going on here...I have softmaker office running as it comes in standard puppy 2 and newer... none of the above should be needed? Its built to run on pretty much anything. baffled Mike |
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Dewbie
Joined: 15 Apr 2010 Posts: 1783 |
mikeb wrote:
Now I'm baffled... You are referring to the 2008 version, correct? And are you referring to BarryK's .pet? (still available in Wary repo) Or SoftMaker's official Linux build? (which is no longer available) Or ttuuxxx's .pet? (also no longer available) (If BarryK's version ran out of the box, no way would I have gone through all that...) |
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mikeb
Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 8028 |
Hmm ok well my bafflement is that I have run softmaker 2008 (the free one) and more recently the charity release they gave out 'as is' on any puppy I tried. Launched from the menu in the usual way though the newer version needed the desktop files moving. So perhaps I am curious as to what exactly has done to it to make it so incompatible/in need of serious system core library changes....from what I see it revolves around gtkdialog 4 though why thats involved is a slight mystery. regards mike Edited_time_total |
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Dewbie
Joined: 15 Apr 2010 Posts: 1783 |
mikeb wrote:
What I don't get is this: BarryK's SoftMaker Office 2008 .pet installs and runs out of the box in Classic Pup 2.14xRC5. But it needs the gtkdialog upgrade in Wary 5.1.1, which was released almost a year later. Edited_times_total |
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mikeb
Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 8028 |
I believe ttuuxxx did update core libraries in this so mainly the kernel and Xorg are left as original.
so we stil have the 'why gtkdialog 4' mystery! I also used the same package built as sfs 4 for Lucid and that works just the same so good for any recent puppy. Well at least we have something available for older pups that does not need any updates. By the way softmaker is modular unlike libreoffice so I made a textmaker only sfs which came to just 11MB.... probably similar to abiword + dependancies. mike Edited_time_total |
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Dewbie
Joined: 15 Apr 2010 Posts: 1783 |
mikeb wrote:
Ahhh...I just remembered! 
BarryK wrote, here:
That 1st-start script involves a (gtk)dialog box. And the gtkdialog version in later Wary builds is newer. Edited_time_total |
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mikeb
Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 8028 |
Hmm using gtkdialog v3 would have been friendlier. As you know though a premade profile solves the registration need 
mike edit though registering does get you free fonts now and then and discounts on software... A link to their download/registration page should be all thats needed... http://www.freeoffice.com/en/download Just to clarify for anyone reading this thread the later free version is a cut down of the 2012 edition and thats what is offered on the site and the registration is for. |
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mikeb
Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 8028 |
A present for you gtkdialog4 built on puppy 4.12. All that may be needing adding is a matching libgio from the glib package if not already there. So for the sake of 2 tiny mods to the sources we can have gtkdialog4 on our older pups.... seems to be compatible with gtkdialog3 scripts which is nice so could probably simply drop in as a replacement for that too.... so happy with gtk 2.12 and glibc 2.61 basically. mike
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Dewbie
Joined: 15 Apr 2010 Posts: 1783 |
Thanks for posting, Mike.
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