Problem installing Abiword

[Barnaby Rubble]

Hi
I am a Linux novice attempting to install "Abiword".
I'm using Storm Linux 2000.
I downloaded the distribution archive "abiword_0.7.12_i386.deb" and followed the instructions from Abisource.com.

But, when I "dpkg -i abiword_0.7.12_i386.deb" the following happens.

Unpacking replacement abiword ...
dpkg: Dependency problems prevent configuration of abiword:
abiword depends on libc6 (>=2.1.97) ;however:
Version of libc6 on system is 2.1.3-13.storm1.
abiword depends on libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2; however:
Package libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 is not installed.
abiword depends on xlibs (>= 4.0.1_1); however:
Package xlibs is not installed.
dpkg: error processing abiword (--install):
dependency problems-leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
abiword

And thats it.
Can someone please tell me what I need to do to rectify this?

I am totally bamboozled.
Thanks.

[mdwatts]

You need to upgrade some of your libraries and install another.

Try Storm's website or http://rpmfind.net/linux/ to search for the updated libraries.

Sorry, I've never had to update any library before so wouldn't know what else to tell you. Hopefully there will be included documentation that tells you how to do it.

[Ig0r]

If you have dpkg, do you have apt as well?
If you do it's a simple matter of putting the correct apt servers in /etc/apt/sources.list and then doing:
apt-get update
apt-get install abiword