* Thomas Zastrow <listen at thomas-zastrow.de> [2009-11-05 21:19:38 +0100]:
> Hello, > > the problems reported by D.R. Evans with Scribus on Ubuntu 9.10 were > definitly caused by the Scribus-NG package which is from January. > > I compiled Scribus 1.5.0svn under Ubuntu and everything went fine - the > document showed up without any problems and also the PDF export works > fine. > > I'm not sure who is responsible for the Scribus packages in Ubuntu, but > perhaps someone could provide an updated package for Scribus-ng?? I am building 1.3.6svn (1.3.5.1+fixes) packages of scribus-ng for all debian and ubuntu branches I usually build for. They should be ready within <=8 hrs. They will have podofo support as well and will be available from the Scribus Archive repository. Alex > If not or if you can't wait, here is a short tutorial how to compile > Scribus 1.5.0svn under Ubuntu 9.10 (don't forget: its a developer > version). Perhaps we should put it into the wiki?? > > -------------------------------- > > Short tutorial for compiling Scribus 1.5.0 SVN under Ubuntu 9.10 > > There are several possibilities how to compile and install Scribus on > Ubuntu 9.10. The way which is described here, leaves an eventually > already installed version of Scribus in its place and installs the new > version into another directory (here: /opt/scribus). > > Let's go ;-) > > At first, install the compiler stuff: > > sudo apt-get install build-essential > > Now, some more packages are necessary: > > apt-get install subversion > apt-get install qt4-qmake > apt-get install libqt4-core > apt-get install libqt4-dev > apt-get install libtiff4-dev > apt-get install python-dev > apt-get install libcups2-dev > > It seems so, that there is also a version of cmake in the repositories. > But apt-get was not able to install it, I just got some unmeaningful > errors. So, I downloaded it (http://www.cmake.org/) and installed it on > my own (configure / make / make install). If the command "apt-get > install cmake" works for you, this is not necessary! > > Next, create a directory for Scribus' source code and go to it: > mkdir ~/scribus_src > cd ~/scribus_src > > Create a directory where you want to install Scribus (I used /opt/scribus): > sudo mkdir /opt/scribus > > Next, download the Scribus SVN sourcecode: > > svn co svn://scribus.info/Scribus/trunk/Scribus > > Change to the new directory Scribus: > cd Scribus > > Run cmake with the PATH where you want to install Scribus (here: > /opt/scribus): > cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/opt/scribus > > Compile Scribus: > make > > ... and, last not least, install it as root user: > sudo "make install" > > You should now be able to start your new Scribus with the command: > > /opt/scribus/bin/scribus > > > > > _______________________________________________ > scribus mailing list > scribus at lists.scribus.info > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus
