APPLIXWARE ON UBUNTU 5.10 HOWTO
Philip Wittamore
HOWTO INSTALL APPLIXWARE 6.0
on
UBUNTU 5.10 "BREEZY BADGER" X86 32bit
Version 1.6
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Install Applixware
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Download Applixware 6.0 x86 Linux from http://www.vistasource.com
As root, Install Applixware under the /opt directory,
for example in /opt/applixware
sudo mkdir /opt/applixware
sudo cp applixware-6-x86-linux.tar.gz /opt/applixware
cd /opt/applixware
sudo tar -xvzf applixware-6-x86-linux.tar.gz
Make sure the "universe" repositories are enabled
in /etc/apt/sources.list so that you can install
the necessary libstdc libraries:
sudo apt-get install libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2
** please note **
you must use 32bit Ubuntu on a 64bit machine.
this will not work with the 64bit version of Ubuntu.
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Run Applixware from the command
line.
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/opt/applixware/applix
Note: if the demo license supplied on the CD does not
work correctly, please request an evaluation license
from Vistasource by email to l...@vistasource.com
This evaluation license license uses the license manager.
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Running Applixware with license
manager
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cd /opt/applixware
./axdata/axnlmgrd -c ./axlocal/axlicensedat -l /tmp/applixware.log &
./applix
NOTE - license manager needs to only be started once after each reboot.
A boot script can be used to automatically have the license manager
start at boot time. See the License_HowTo.txt for more information on
using the License Manager
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Adapt the background colors
to the default Ubuntu color scheme,
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go to the menu * -> Applixware preferences -> color
click on the button "Applixware display colors"
set the Control Panel Colors Background to 239,239,239
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Obtain an icon for your
desktop link to Applixware
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http://www.vistasource.com/vs2/images/applixware_button.png
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Correct locale display issues:
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If you notice that foreign characters are not displayed,
you will need to correct the Ubuntu Locale problems.
Taken from the Ubuntu French Howto at:
http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php?id=6446
sudo apt-get install language-env
sudo gedit /etc/environment
replace the contents with this:
LANGUAGE="fr_FR:fr"
LANG=fr_FR
sudo gedit /etc/locale.gen
replace the contents with this
fr_FR.UTF-8 UTF-8
fr_FR ISO-8859-1
fr_FR@euro ISO-8859-15
sudo locale-gen
sudo apt-get install manpages-fr
sudo gedit /etc/fstab
remove any option "iocharset=utf8"
Reboot
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Add Microsoft Core fonts to the
Applixware font list.
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sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts
cd /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts
sudo mkfontdir
Edit /opt/applixware/axdata/fontmetrics/gallium/fs/config
modify this line:
catalogue = $AXGFSDIR/fs/aplxfont
to
catalogue = $AXGFSDIR/fs/aplxfont,
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts
restart Applixware
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EURO
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** Please Note !
** a patch is under developement for
** XK_Eurosign integration
** This section will soon be obsolete
WORDS:
insert -> special characters -> Dutch -> euro
or, write the following macros with the macro editor
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macro define_euro
' DEFINE KEY ( name, value)
' the keysym is "XK_Eurosign"
' the keysym value is 0x20ac, or 8364
DEFINE_KEY@("XK_Eurosign", 8364)
endmacro
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macro wp_euro
WP_ENTER_CHARS_FACE@("€","Dutch")
endmacro
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run the startup macro define_euro
Open Words
go to star menu -> Customize menu bar -> Insert
click the button Insert: Macro
click item New_Macro in the menu list
change the name to "Euro"
change the macro to "wp_euro"
select the acceleator "XK_Eurosign"
click "OK"
verify that the key sequence alt gr + e now enters the euro symbol in
words.
SPREADSHEETS:
no solution, insert special characters only shows Courier & Symbol
fonts, so the euro is not available.
MAIL:
no solution yet
MACRO EDITOR:
insert -> special characters -> Dutch -> euro
or use macro method for words
GRAPHICS:
insert -> special characters -> Dutch -> euro
or use macro method for words
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WINDOW POSITIONING
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correct default window sizes
(Words too high, Spreadsheets too thin)
Close Applixware
edit ~/axhome/ax_prof4
add these lines:
ssWindowPosSize:0,0,10000,5000
wpWindowPosSize:0,0,9000,5000
Restart Applixware
Words and Spreadsheets now open with the
correct window sizes.
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PRINTING
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Ubuntu uses CUPS, which maintains a printcap
file in /var/run/cups/printcap, but Applixware
looks for it in /etc, so we create a symbolic link.
sudo ln -s /var/run/cups/printcap printcap
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PDF
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In Applixware, print to file, then convert
the generated postscript file to PDF with ps2pdf
or
"Print to PDF" solution using CUPS
sudo apt-get install cups-pdf
edit as root etc/cups/cupsd.conf, and modify this line so:
RunAsUser Yes
Select "System"->"Administration"->"Users and Groups"
from the main menu on your desktop.
Select "Show all users" and/or "Show all groups".
Add the user "cupsys" to the group "shadow" in the "groups"
tab.
Restart cupsys by issuing the command:
$sudo /etc/init.d/cupsys restart
browse to localhost:631 and add a PDF virtual printer
Cups will add this printer to the printcap file,
making it available to Applixware