On Friday 04 July 2008 09:13:46 am Gregory Pittman wrote: > John Culleton wrote: > > After you download and unpack the source files go to the > > directory holding them and use the following information (cribbed > > in part from Greg Pittman) to create Scribus: > > > > First you have to select a work directory name. You can use the > > same directory but the powers that be recommend against it. > > Let's say you specify /opt/scribus13312/ > > Then execute the following: > > > > cmake . -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/opt/scribus13312/ > > make > > install > > (Don't forget the period after cmake! > > the last command should be 'make install' > > > Alternatively I suggest just doing: > > > > ln -s /opt/scribus13312/bin/scribus /usr/local/bin > > Not quite right. This would try to create a symbolic link with the > name 'bin'. Should be > > ln -s /opt/scribus13312/bin/scribus /usr/local/bin/scribus > > > Also, don't forget the value of creating aliases in Linux. For > example, since I use bash for CLI, I have created 2 aliases in > .bashrc: > > alias cmake133x='cmake . > -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/home/gregp/scribus133x' > alias cmake135='cmake . > -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/home/gregp/scribus135' > > which allow me to just enter cmake133x or cmake135 in konsole. > Especially when you're updating from svn a lot, this is a big > timesaver and avoids typos. > > Greg
Corrrections noted. -- John Culleton Resources for every author and publisher: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf http://wexfordpress.com/tex/packagers.pdf http://www.creativemindspress.com/newbiefaq.htm http://www.gropenassoc.com/TopLevelPages/reference%20desk.htm
