John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Tue, 27 May 2008 11:14:11 -0700 (PDT) > avox <avox at arcor.de> dijo: >> John Jason Jordan-2 wrote: >>> I understand Oleksandr is familiar with SK1, an image editing program. >>> I discovered SK1 while searching for something that will open >>> CorelDRAW .cdr files. > >> There's also UniConvertor from the same authors as sk1. See also our GSoC >> project: >> http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/GSoC_2008_Accepted_Applications#UniConvertor_and_GraphicsMagick_integration > > Andreas, > > It sounds like Scribus eventually will benefit greatly from > UniConverter and ImageMagick. > > In the meantime, I cannot install UniConverter (or anything else on the > SK1 site) for the same reason I cannot install SK1 - that is there are > no 64-bit .deb files, and no instructions for how to install from > source. There is an python install script that I tried to run. It ended > in about a dozen error messages. SK1 appears to be installed, but it > won't launch, and there are no error messages when I try to launch it > from the command line. > > In the meantime I tried to take my CorelDRAW clipart CD to the > university, but university computers don't have CorelDRAW installed. I > thought I remembered that Illustrator can open .cdr files, but the > current version on the university computers cannot. Finally I asked on > a local Linux e-list that I subscribed to and found someone who had an > old Windows computer with CorelDRAW installed. I sent them the file and > they converted it to Adobe Illustrator format for me, so now I have > what I need. > > SK1 or UniConverter would have saved me a lot of hassle if only I could > figure out how to install one of them. >
A work around that might help when you run into these 32 vs 64bit binaries. 1. If you have a 32bit binary install it with the dpkg -i --force-architecture nameofpackage.deb 2. If you need to compile it, and only 32 bit instructions are available setup a 32bit chroot and do all the building and installing there. http://cedegawiki.sweetleafstudios.com/index.php?title=Ubuntu#Building_a_clean_32bit_chroot_with_debbootstrap_on_AMD64 Alex
