cannot install plugin for abiword 2.4

ahurd · 02-19-2009, 11:22 AM

I am on Kubuntu 8.04. I installed abiword via adept and am trying to install grammar checker via Tools-->plugins. I get:

error getting information for '/home/albert/.Abisuite/AbiWord-2.4/plugins No such file or directory

Apparently AbiWord 2.4 in kubuntu doesnt contain it or it is somewhere it shouldn't be.
Could someone help. Perhaps I should upgrade to new 2.6.6 version. How would I do that?
Thanks.
Albert

linuxlover.chaitanya · 02-20-2009, 04:18 AM

A newer version of Abiword is available through synaptic.

Visit

Code:

http://abisource.com/wiki/Install_on_Ubuntu

Remove the old abiword and install the newer version from synaptic. While installing install the missing plugins as well.

ahurd · 02-20-2009, 12:15 PM

Synaptic on Kubuntu 8.04 lists only abiword 2.4.6 versions, as adept did. How do I get newest version 2.6.6?

linuxlover.chaitanya · 02-20-2009, 10:57 PM

Download it from source and compile.

ahurd · 02-22-2009, 02:48 PM

Having trouble downloading from source. In Kubuntu 8.04, when I click on Repositories in Synaptic, a window titled Repositories rather than Software sources pops up looking nothing like the instructions on Swik and making no mention of Third Party Software. I went to Adept, clicked Adept-->Manage Repositories-->Third Party Software, then clicked available sources and closed window. Adept appeared to download sources but when I search for abiword it brings up 2.4.6 again. How do I get to 2.6.6 which is apparently in Third Party Sources somewhere?