Thanks very much Alex, this sounds like the route I need & I'll go to it again.
Best Regards, Henry On Mon, 2008-08-04 at 15:33 -0600, Oleksandr Moskalenko wrote: > * Henry W. Peters <hwpeters at jamadots.com> [2008-08-04 16:57:34 -0400]: > > > Hi, > > > > I have had Scribus for at least, a half a year on Windows XP, could not > > get it to print... even with the latest stable version. Migrated to > > Ubuntu 8.04/Linux dual boot. > > > > I downloaded Scribus thru "Add/Remove" this morning (dial-up, long > > call!) but it was not the latest stable version (it was > > 1.3.3.1.1dfsg-lubur). Went to Scribus home page-->latest version... > > tried to follow instructions to download said via "Synaptic Package > > Manager," when I clicked the "Repositories" in the "Settings" menu, I > > get the "Software Sources" menu which stops me cold, as there are non of > > the add options that resemble the instructions. > > > > It may be something simple, as I am very new to Ubuntu/Linux. Please > > advise. > > > > Thanks much, > > Henry > > Henry, > > It does seem that Ubuntu people changed Synaptic's interface recently. I've > tested this on my Ubuntu/hardy installation and saw the difference. So, when > you get the Software Source dialog just click on the Third-Party Software tab > and then click on the "+ Add" button". A dialog asking you to "Enter the > complete APT line of the repository that you want to add as as source" will > appear. You should paste the hardy apt line from www.scribus.net/?q=debian > i.e. > > deb http://debian.scribus.net/debian/ hardy main non-free > > or > > deb http://debian.tagancha.org/debian/ hardy main non-free > > and click on the "+ Add Source button". > > Then, you can click on "X Close" to close the "Software Sources" dialog and a > pop-up will open telling you that "Repositories changed.... you have to click > on the Reload button...". Close that message box and do click on the "Reload" > button in the toolbar. You can now "Search" for scribus and mark it for > upgrade, then apply. > > Cheers, > > Alex. > > Your friendly Debian/Ubuntu scribus packager >
