Installing KompoZer

[Arran]

Hello

I need KompoZer. However it is not in the repos. So I downloaded the latest file and extracted the content into /opt. I also changed the owner to me and made the whole directory executable. Then I made a starter by choosing the file «kompozer» without a suffix and about 2.9 kb.

When I want to start it, the icon hops the usual 15 secs and then goes away. Nothing happens.

Starting in the console returns the following:

arran@arran-kubuntu-12-10:~$ kompozer
Die Anwendung »kompozer« ist momentan nicht installiert. Sie können sie durch folgende Eingabe installieren:
sudo apt-get install kompozer
arran@arran-kubuntu-12-10:~$ sudo apt-get install kompozer
[sudo] password for arran: 
Paketlisten werden gelesen... Fertig
Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut       
Statusinformationen werden eingelesen... Fertig
Paket kompozer ist nicht verfügbar, wird aber von einem anderen Paket
referenziert. Das kann heißen, dass das Paket fehlt, dass es abgelöst
wurde oder nur aus einer anderen Quelle verfügbar ist.

E: Paket »kompozer« hat keinen Installationskandidaten
arran@arran-kubuntu-12-10:~$

Meaning:
KompoZer is not installed. you can install it with ...
Kompozer is not available, but is referenced by another package. That may mean the package is missing, that it has been replaced or is only available thorugh another source.

Then I changed into the /opt directory and received:

arran@arran-kubuntu-12-10:/opt$ kompozer
Die Anwendung »kompozer« ist momentan nicht installiert. Sie können sie durch folgende Eingabe installieren:
sudo apt-get install kompozer
arran@arran-kubuntu-12-10:/opt$

Where is the dog buried? Any ideas?

I know the program is quite old, about 2 years. I just do not have an alternative to KompoZer. However, I just need it for a job and I do not care, if I switch my router off during the time of working with Kompozer. So there will be no security leak, even if some of the files might be a security risk.

[arochester]

Have you tried here?: http://linuxappfinder.com/package/kompozer

[Arran]

Thanks. No, I did not know this site. However, the one for 12.10 is not listed. Do you think, I should try the version for 12.04?

[arochester]

Since KompoZer has been only 0.7.10 and 0.8b3 in recent years...I would TRY the one for 12.04.

[claydoh]

We had a discussion on this in the kubuntu-users mailing list recently. Kompozer simply won't compile anymore, so they dropped it, as probably debian have. It requires library versions that have become too old.

One option is to install Seamonkey browser suite, which has the Composer component that Kompozer and Nvu were based on.
http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawik...e#Installation

[arochester]

BlueGriffon?

"BlueGriffon is a new WYSIWYG content editor for the World Wide Web. Powered by Gecko, the rendering engine of Firefox, it's a modern and robust solution to edit Web pages in conformance to the latest Web Standards."

"BlueGriffon is an intuitive application that provides Web authors (beginners or more advanced) with a simple User Interface allowing to create attractive Web sites without requiring extensive technical knowledge about Web Standards."

http://bluegriffon.org/

[claydoh]

Blue Griffon is a so-called open-core application, where you get something up front for free, but any extras you may want or need are non-free and cost $$. I have not tried in in a very long time, but it was very basic at the time, whereas Nvu and Kompozer were fully functional.

However, it might have what you need to do the tasks you need to do, and it does have active traffic in their small forum.


The price of the ePub edition advertised was a bit of a shocker.

[Goeroeboeroe]

I think Kompozer is not the best solution anymore, because it's not maintained for years now.
BlueGriffon is actively maintained again. As far as I know the free version, without paid extensions, is pretty complete nowadays.
The people behind BlueGriffon are the same people that made the original nvu. nvu was followed up by Kompozer. So I guess BlueGriffon should work a bit like Kompozer.

[Arran]

Thanks a lot for all those contributions. I had a look at BlueGriffon but for what I need it, it takes much too long time to learn it. As KompoZer ist still running with 12.04 and I want to keep this version for the forseeable future, I do the work by changing to this version.

In the meantime, I have also deleted the installed KompoZer in /opt.