HD Install :: Install Abiword without myDSL

Why did you set up user "damnsmall1"? Log out and log back in as user dsl. It's not rocket science:
dsl

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So...what am I doing wrong?

You're logged in wrong.

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Why can't I get mydsl goin'?

What do you not comprehend about about logging in as user dsl? The tools don't work for root, for damnsmall1, for saNtacLAus, or for bloodyCapNcrunch.

Suggested user names for using mydsl-load:
1. dsl
2. dsl
3. dsl

Try logging in as one of the previous three names and you can probably use mydsl-load.

Are you using user "damnsmall"?
If so, and you do not have the mydsl system, you are using a 0.6x or older release of DSL.

This means you'll need to upgrade/install to a newer version (easiest) or try to manually install the mydsl scripts to be able to use extensions (excluding unc).

Alright, I got abiword installed, and several other things installed, without mydsl. I explain how in a second...

First of all, when I run abiword from command, I get this error:

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abiword: error while loading shared libraries: libfontconfig.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Anyone know what that is and how I can fix it?

Now, for the referrence of those that might read this later (the beauty of forums ;-), this is how I installed what I installed. This process worked great for gtksee, mplayer and gimp.

1. I went to Damn Small Linux Repositories and picked which programs I wanted. If I wanted something, I right clicked and saved it to the hard disk. For example, gimp-1.2.dsl.

2. Then I did this to change from it to a tar archive:

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$ cp /home/downloads/gimp-1.2.dsl /home/downloads/gimp-1.2.tar.gz

3. Then I moved it to the root folder and changed to the root directory:

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$ mv /home/downloads/gimp-1.2.tar.gz /gimp-1.2.tar.gz
$ cd /

4. Then I unpacked/installed the archive:

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$ tar zxvf /gimp-1.2.tar.gz

Like I said, it's worked great...I had to move a couple of the icons to the correct folder to get the new ones going, but everything has installed fine.

Well, except running abiword of course ;-) but I don't think that is an installation error, just don't know how to fix it.

Does anyone else know to fix it?

Quote (lucky13 @ Mar. 28 2007,19:56)

Why did you set up user "damnsmall1"? Log out and log back in as user dsl. It's not rocket science:
dsl

I did not "set up" any user at all. As mentioned before, it defaulted to damnsmall.

"Not rocket science?" Hmmm...helpful. Thanks.

I am not given the option of a log in screen.

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