On Tuesday 26 May 2009 19:17:40 wayne wrote: > Owen wrote: > > On Tue, 26 May 2009 07:50:06 -1000 wayne > > > > <shakacat at ukulele.com> wrote: > >> Craig Bradney wrote: > >>> You might want to adventure into compiling your > >>> own version. docs.scribus.net has pretty good > >>> instructions (follow the cmake option for > >>> 1.3.3.x if you get into that). > >> > >> Thanks for the suggestion. I will try to compile > >> 1.3.3.13. However, a few questions: > >> > >> 1. On the Requirements page, only the requirements > >> for compiling 1.3.5+ are listed. What about > >> 1.3.3+? > > > > I suggest you download the source and inside, you > > will find a number of files, three of which are > > called README, BUILDING, INSTALL > > > > Those three files are recommended reading. > > > > You will find this in the BUILDING file > > > > ================================================================= > >== Requirements: Qt >= 3.3 (3.3.8+ recommended) and > > not Qt4.x Scribus 1.3.3.x will not compile with Qt > > 4.x > > I have Qt4 installed so does that mean 1.3.3.13 will > not install on my computer? > > >> 3. The instructions proceed: "Then run: > >> > >> /usr/bin/cmake ../Scribus > >> -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/home/username/scribusinstall/" > >> > >> > >> What does the .. in front of ../Scribus mean? Is > >> something supposed to go there? > > > > I recommend that you perhaps get help through a > > local linux users group if that is possible, as > > asking such a question suggests you are unfamiliar > > with the basics of Linux. > > Hmmm. Why bother listing instructions at all? If one is > familiar with Linux, one should be able to find out how > to compile anything by one's self.
The traditional way to compile Linux apps, still followed by most projects : gunzip, tar xvf, cd to new directory, ./configure, make, make install. Scribus is somewhat different since it uses a newer approach substituting ./cmake for ./configure. This approach gives greater flexibility but also more complication. Inkscape has its own variant which is completely different. It took me a while to wrap my head around it. And I have been using Linux since the days when Slackware came on 3.5 inch floppies. If I were king every project would go back to the original way. That way users wouldn't have to reeducate themselves each time they needed to update a package. But nobody elected me king :<) -- John Culleton Able Indexers and Typesetters Self/small publishers please visit: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf http://wexfordpress.com/tex/packagers.pdf
