On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 06:55:25 +0100 (CET) "Christoph Sch?fer" <christoph-schaefer at gmx.de> wrote:
> > Gesendet: Dienstag, 10. Dezember 2013 um > > 10:18 Uhr Von: "john Culleton" > > <John at wexfordpress.com> An: > > scribus at lists.scribus.net Betreff: [scribus] > > Requirements for precompiled Scribus > > downloads. > > > > I already have the requirements for Scribus > > on my Slackware Linux partition. But for > > those that download a precompiled stable > > version I have the following questions: > > > > For Windows users: > > 1. Do they need to install Ghostscript before > > downloading and installing Scribus? > > 2. Do they need to install ImageMagick before > > downoading and installing Scribus? > > > > For Linux users (various flavors): > > 1. do they need to have Ghostscript installed > > first? > > 2. Do they need to install ImageMagick first? > > > > For all users: > > What Scribus functionality is lost if > > ImageMagick is omitted? The reason I ask is > > that I don't have ImageMagick included in my > > (in)famous svn script. > > > > I know about Gimp already :<) > > Hi John, > > You don't need ImageMagick at all for anything > Scribus-related. What you might need or want is > GraphicsMagick instead, which will enable the > import of almost all image formats supported by > GM > (http://www.graphicsmagick.org/formats.html), > the exception being, for obvious reasons, video > files and file formats for which a native > Scribus import filter already exists. > > To compile Scribus 1.5.x with GM you have to > install: > > - GraphicsMagick > - GraphicsMagick-devel > - libGraphicsMagick++-devel > - libGraphicsMagick3 > - libGraphicsMagick++3 > > You also need to tell CMake that you want to > build with GM support by adding > -DWANT_GRAPHICSMAGICK=1 to your configuring > command. > > Other optional components: > > * OpenSceneGraph, which will enable the import > of 3D files, as well as export of 3D PDFs. You > need OSG, OSG plug-ins, libopenscengraph, and > libopenscengraph-devel. OSG will be detected > automatically by CMake. > > * If you download, compile and install version > 0.0.6 of libmspub > (http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/libmspub), > Scribus will be built with an import filter for > MS Publisher files. To compile libmspub you > also need libwpd and libwpg, as well as the > respective devel packages. Like OSG, libmspub > will be detected automatically, provided you > did run ldconfig after installing libmspub. To > make sure that CMake detects libmspub you need > to remove CMakeCache.txt in your Scribus source > directory every time before running CMake > again, i.e., after a svn update. > > Ghostscript and another support program, > UniConvertor, need not be installed during > compile time and can be added afterwards. > UniConvertor will enable importing additional > vector formats, especially CorelDraw up to > version X3. > > I'm currently rewriting the Wiki article and > will upload the new version with a list of all > dependencies and options as soon as it's > finished. > > > HTH, > > Christoph > > ___ > Thanks! I wondered why ImageMagick was used instead of GraphicsMagick. Your Wiki update will be most welcome! -- John Culleton Wexford Press Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus" available at http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html
