Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version 2021-04-13

Chapter 9. General Libraries

wv-1.2.9

Introduction to wv

The wv package contains tools for reading information from an MS Word document.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-10.1 platform.

Package Information

wv Dependencies

Required

libgsf-1.14.47 and libpng-1.6.37

Optional

libwmf

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/wv

Installation of wv

Install wv by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static &&
make

This package does not have a testsuite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--disable-static: This switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.

Contents

Installed Programs: wvSummary and several other wv* programs which are deprecated in favour of abiword: see http://wvware.sourceforge.net/
Installed Library: libwv-1.2.so
Installed Directory: /usr/share/wv

Short Descriptions

wvSummary

displays the summary information from an MS Word document

libwv-1.2.so

provides functions to access MS Word documents

Last updated on 2021-02-21 13:05:24 -0600