On Wednesday 08 August 2007 23:11:46 John R. Culleton wrote: > On Tuesday 07 August 2007, John Jason Jordan wrote: > > On Tue, 07 Aug 2007 22:46:06 +0200 > > > > Axel Bojer <axelb at skolelinux.no> dijo: > > > Oleksandr Moskalenko skrev: > > > (...) > > > > > > > Alternatively, ask on this list and someone can rebuild it for > > > > you. I know some people here used to provide amd64 rebuilds to > > > > me, which I'd then put into our repositories. > > > > > > I have built my own amd64-version on my machine, and I am doing > > > this for every new stable version of Scribus. If someone could > > > tell me how I can make a debian-package out of this, then I will > > > gladly send it to you :-) > > > > Thanks guys, but as I recently posted, I discovered a fix. Synaptic > > on my Feisty amd64 computer shows only 1.3.4 and the old 1.2.4. But > > if you select 1.3.4, then go to Package > Force Version, there is a > > drop-down that lists 1.3.3.8. In other words, Ubuntu didn't really > > remove 1.3.3.8, they just did something so it no longer appears as > > the default development version in Synaptic. I proceeded to > > reinstall 1.3.3.8 and all is well now. > > > > Still, a good trick to remember next time a Debian user needs to go > > back to a previous version. > > _______________________________________________ > > Scribus mailing list > > Scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de > > http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/mailman/listinfo/scribus > > Debian users like all other Linux users can download a tarball and go > through > ./configure make make install > > This gives you maximum choice of versions, at the cost of violating > the Debian packaging protocols. I use Slackware, but when I need a
There is no such cost.. install into your home directory. Cleanest and easiest. Craig
