Apps :: Abiword installation

I have a HD install on a Toshiba 2595CDT laptop. I have down loaded Abiword as a package file. How do I install it? Do I just run it from root?

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You can put it where ever you have designated for mydsl or in the optional directory if you have one. In my setup I have mydsl pointed to hda2 and hda1 contains the DSL kernal. When I first downloaded it I moved it from /tmp to the root of hda2 and it would automatically install when I booted up. Later I moved it to /mnt/hda2/optional where I appears as a menu item and I can call it in if I want to. It works great.

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