On Fri, 16 Sep 2011 09:23:19 +0200 "a.l.e" <ale.comp_06 at xox.ch> wrote:
> hi > > > ----------------------- > > cd /usr/local/src/s140 > > rm -r * > > cd ../ > > svn co svn://scribus.net/branches/Version135/Scribus s140 > > cd s140 > > cmake . -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/usr/local/scribus4_svn > > make > > make install > > cd scribus > > ls -l scribus > > rm /usr/local/bin/scrib4 > > ln scribus /usr/local/bin/scrib4 > > ----------------------------------- > > This bypasses the Ubuntu update system. > > after having read about the most painful way to get scribus 1.4 on > your ubuntu system, you may be interested in one which is a bit > longer, but certainly easier and on the safe side of life: > > http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Ubuntu > > in short: add the scribus own repository to your list and the latest > scribus 1.4 will show up in your apps store > > ciao > a.l.e But not really the latest version I'll wager. In my daily tracking of Scribus 1.4.0 RC5 I note that the size of the file has grown from 13363546 to 13365914. The splash screen still carries the date of August 11 but this is misleading. When the file size changes overnight then changes have been made. So Scribus 1.4.0 RC5 is still a work in progress. If your Linux version does not have a file size of 13365914 then you don't have the latest as of 4.40 AM today. Nevertheless to me it would make sense to declare the current 1.4.0 stable at the present point and then continue to improve the code, fix bugs etc. under the name of 1.4.1. That will put the tired old bones of 1.3.3.14 to rest for once and for all. Too many newcomers to Scribus are using 1.3.3.14 and finding difficulties. The bulk of experienced users have moved on. Thus the core of people able to help the newcomers is diminishing. We would be doing those new folks a kindness if we declared some more modern version as stable. The download site hints at that but too many newcomers view the word "stable" as guaranteeing more virtue than 1.3.3.14 offers. 1.4.0 is of course imperfect but (almost) all software is imperfect, including of course 1.3.3.14. The only significant application program proved correct by an inductive method was the original TeX of decades ago. Donald Knuth offered a cash prize for each bug found. With each find that prize doubled. No prizes have been paid for a long, long time. But TeX itself has moved on, with Xetex, Luatex, Context, and other pdf producing variants taking center stage. And yes, there are bugs in these newer versions. Scribus is advancing rapidly, and there is still considerable room for more development. I see little point in steering newcomers to a version that is 15 months old and has no current bug fixing effort. We are not doing them a kindness. -- John Culleton Wexford Press "Create Book Covers with Scribus" http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html
