* John Beardmore <John at T4sLtd.co.uk> [2009-06-06 00:58:02 +0100]: > Carl Symons wrote: >> On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 3:04 PM, <scribus-request at lists.scribus.info> >> wrote: >>>> But in order to continue using the feature without problems I'm going to >>>> have to get the latest version. I currently have 1.3.5 Rc1 May 17 on >>>> Jaunty x86_64. I've always been too lazy to learn how to build the latest >>>> version myself. I just wait until a deb makes it to the repos. >>>> >>>> So now I'm motivated to learn how to build my own. Are there things like >>>> daily snapshots and, if so, where might I find them? And "for dummies" >>>> instructions? >> >> I was apprehensive about building the latest too. Also using Kubuntu Jaunty >> x86_64. >> >> The Subversion instructions mentioned in previous message worked okay for >> with a couple of changes. I tweaked things around a bit and then wrote >> instructions (see below) that I refer to each time I update: >> >> TO GET NEW SVN (everything done in terminal window) be in home directory - >> /home/YourName (/home/YourName=~) svn co >> svn://scribus.info/Scribus/branches/Version135/ >> >> This puts the latest from svn into ~/Version135/Scribus >> >> You may have to install a few things to get this to work. Some of the >> dependencies are not available with apt-get or Synaptic exactly as the >> dependency name indicates. It's not that hard to figure out though. > > OK - it looks as if it's bombing out because it can't find Qt, qmake etc. > > Which version of Qt4 do I need, and what's the easiest / safest way to get > it in the Jaunty x86_64 environment ?
The safest way to install anything on a Debian or Ubuntu system is to use packages. Same goes for Scribus 1.3.5RC2, which is available for Ubuntu Jaunty in our Scribus archive. Cheers, Alex
