On Fri, 2004-01-09 at 12:12, Hugh Esco wrote: > Hey folks: > > Hope this is the right place for these questions.
It is. > > Yesterday, I attempted to install Scribus 1.1.4 on a Debian Woody machine > upgraded with the Testing version of the packages. > > ./configure bombs out at: > checking for libz... configure: error: not found. Check your installation and > look into config.log > > What does that mean and what do I need to do about it, please? apt-get > install didn't work for me. Debian's packages database is still down and I > don't know what package name I should be asking for to satisfy this libz > dependency. > Other questions: > > I have these libraries newly installed: > /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 > /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6.3.5 > > I'm currently running Scribus 1.0.1, which works fine, but crudely. I have > produced one document with it so far. Personally I could have done a better > job with OpenOffice, frankly -- if only because I'm more familiar with it. > But I certainly see the potential here and am eager to see what the new > version can do for me. > > hesco at biko:~$ gcc --version > 2.95.4 > > I'd be reluctant to upgrade gcc for fear of breaking other applications on > this machine which provides production services to our Party. Is it possible > to have two versions of gcc running on the same machine? How necessary is it > to run the later versions of these? > > Could I possible compile the application somehow on another machine and then > port it over to this one? > > hesco at biko:~$ which qt > > I'm guessing this is actually a library and not an executable, though. > How would I test for the right one? > > The following are installed. > Is this sufficient? > > /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.2 > /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.2.3 > /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.2.3.1 > /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 > /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3.2 > /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3.2.1 > /usr/lib/libqt.so.2 > /usr/lib/libqt.so.2.3 > /usr/lib/libqt.so.2.3.1 > /usr/lib/libqthreads.so.9 > /usr/lib/libqthreads.so.9.0.0 > /usr/lib/libqtmcop.la > /usr/lib/libqtmcop.so.0 > /usr/lib/libqtmcop.so.0.0.0 > > hesco at biko:~$ which python > /usr/bin/python > hesco at biko:~$ which libart_lgpl > hesco at biko:~$ su - > Password: > biko:~# apt-get install libart_lgpl > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > E: Couldn't find package libart_lgpl > > Don't know what to do about this here. Any ideas? > > biko:~# which gs > /usr/bin/gs > biko:~# gs --version > 7.07 A tough dilemma. Scribus 1.1.2+ will not compile with gcc 2.9x. This decision was made to enable using more modern and upto date coding, which relies on gcc 3.x, preferably 3.2 or 3.3. I am surprised, you can't install gcc 3.2 in parallel in Debian. Parallel versions of gcc can be built and exist side by side. I know its possible even on cygwin. Redhat has had this for a long time as well. libart is the rendering canvas - a major part. libz - is probably owning to a out of date binutils or autoconf There is very detailed info on needed versions in the scribus documentation on-line. Go to http://scribus.net and look under documentation. ping us on #scribus irc.freenode.net - nice friendly place to visit. Peter
