John Culleton wrote: > Is Scribus available for OS X.? Is it easy to install or does it require > compilation skills etc.? > > I frequently mention Scribus as a Quark replacement, but AFAIK it only runs > on Linux. One of my clients is about to go from Quark to InDesign, and he > is Mac based. > Scribus does indeed run on Mac OS X. It is relatively easy to install using Fink. Fink is a package manager for easily installing programs that run on the Unix side of Mac OS X.
Go to http://fink.sourceforge.net/ to get started. The Download-> Quick Start page tells how to get Fink set up on your system. Also check out the F.A.Q. and the Documentation links. FAQ Question 8.5 describes how to get X11 up and running depending on whether you have Jaguar or Panther. Once you have Fink up and running, you can install Scribus and many other useful open-source apps. I have been running Scribus since version 1.0 under Mac OS 10.2.8. Fink lets you download binaries or source. It handles all the dependencies for you so the package will compile and run. I have been using the "unstable" tree in Fink for over a year now and have not had any problems. That tree allows me to get newer versions of programs. Carol -- Carol Kankelborg cckborg1 at kankelborg.net
