WP8.1 Install under Kanotix (Debian - Sid) using equivs

[serge]

Just as a FYI, I'll include how I installed WP8.1 under the cureent
Kanotix distribution:

Kanotix runs KDE. In my case, KDE 3.4. The default package installer
is Ksynaptics which integrates well with Konqueror.

First I install all the WP8 files from the Corel CD using as a guide:
http://libranet.com/support/db/2.8/wp8libranet2.8

The following files are available as .deb packages that won't confklict
with libc6:
ldso (version 1.9.11-15), lib5c (version 5.4.46-12)
Also: type1inst

The problem I ran into was that Ksynaptics want to unistall Wordperfect
as well as ldso.

I installed a deb package called: "equivs"
To quote:
"This package provides a tool to create Debian packages that only
contain dependency information. . If a package P is not installed on
the system, packages that depend on P cannot normally be installed.
However, if equivalent functionality to P is known to be installed,
this tool can be used to trick the Debian package management system
into believing that package P is actually installed. . Another
possibility is creation of a meta package. When this package contains a
dependency as "Depends: a, b, c", then installing this package will
also select packages a, b and c. Instead of "Depends", you can also use
"Recommends:" or "Suggests:" for less demanding dependency. . Please
note that this is a crude hack and if thoughtlessly used, it might
possibly do damage to your packaging system. And please note as well
that using it is not the recommended way of dealing with broken
dependencies. Better file a bug report instead."

First read: /usr/share/doc/equivs/README.Debian
Use: /usr/share/doc/equivs/examples/WP8.ctl

Unfortunately, the README instructions are a bit vague.
Where it says to edit ./tmp/ns-control:
Change "Depends:" to "Suggests:" (I suspect this line can simply be
deleted.)
Also add the line: "Provides: xlib6g, xlib6, xpm4.7"
Follow the instructions and install the wp8-dummy.deb.

In my case, ksynaptic later want to remove the phantom lib6 file.
I let it. To no ill effect that I can tell.

Now xwp works fine (I haven't tested all its functions yet)
and kpackage no longer complains.

-Serge