Newbie here:

Can anyone give advice on installing AbiWord on FreeBSD? (FreeBSD 4.3-20010624-STABLE) I have tried the /usr/port mechanism which attempts to build version 0.7 but the build fails. I have also tried downloading version 0.9.4.1 but that build also fails (apparently in a different
way). I will forgo discussion of the /usr/port and focus on the 0.9.4.1 downloadable version. I did the following:

downloaded  abiword-0.9.4.1.tar.gz
extracted using:
    gunzip -c abiword-0.9.4.1.tar.gz | tar xvf -    (successful)
    cd abiword-0.9.4.1/abi                          (successful)
    su root ...                                     (successful)
    gmake UNIX_CAN_BUILD_STATIC=0 install           (last portion of output below)
 
    [Note that FreeBSD "make" fails immediately with 
     "Error expanding embedded variable."
     so I used gmake explicitly. Also I notice in the output text that
     glib-config cannot be found.
     I am not sure why LIBDIR appears to be undefined. I see it in the Makefile
     in the libiconv/libcharset/lib subdirectory and in fact when I just type "make"
     in that subdirectory I get no complaint.]
 

gmake -f Makefile.abi ABI_ROOT=/usr/home/paulv/tarin/abiword-0.9.4.1/abi/src/.. -C lib build
gmake[7]: glib-config: Command not found
gmake[7]: Entering directory `/usr/home/paulv/tarin/abiword-0.9.4.1/libiconv/libcharset/lib'
2 -lintl -lxpg4 -lXext -lX11 -lmBuilding with [LicensedTrademarks:Off Debug:Off BiDi:Off Gnome:Off LibXML:Off Pspell:Off Scripting:Off].
localcharset.c:
localcharset.c: In function `get_charset_aliases':
localcharset.c:91: `LIBDIR' undeclared (first use in this function)
localcharset.c:91: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
localcharset.c:91: for each function it appears in.)
gmake[7]: *** [/usr/home/paulv/tarin/abiword-0.9.4.1/abi/src/../src/FreeBSD_4.3-20010624-STABLE_i386_OBJ/obj/libiconv/localcharset.o] Error 1
gmake[7]: Leaving directory `/usr/home/paulv/tarin/abiword-0.9.4.1/libiconv/libcharset/lib'
gmake[6]: *** [build] Error 2
gmake[6]: Leaving directory `/usr/home/paulv/tarin/abiword-0.9.4.1/libiconv/libcharset'
gmake[5]: *** [build] Error 2
gmake[5]: Leaving directory `/usr/home/paulv/tarin/abiword-0.9.4.1/libiconv'
gmake[4]: *** [_LIBICONV_] Error 2
gmake[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/home/paulv/tarin/abiword-0.9.4.1/abi/src/config/require/unix'
gmake[3]: *** [build] Error 2
gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/home/paulv/tarin/abiword-0.9.4.1/abi/src/config/require'
gmake[2]: *** [build] Error 2
gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/home/paulv/tarin/abiword-0.9.4.1/abi/src/config'
gmake[1]: *** [build] Error 2
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/home/paulv/tarin/abiword-0.9.4.1/abi/src'
gmake: *** [install] Error 2

Thanks
Paul Voith
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 

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