On Sun, 8 Dec 2013 21:36:57 -0800 John Jason Jordan <johnxj at comcast.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Dec 2013 15:28:09 +1100 > "Owen" <rcook at pcug.org.au> dijo: > > > > >> I just installed Xubuntu 13.10 on a new > >> computer. When I went to install Scribus the > >> latest version in Synaptic is > >> 1.4.2.dfsg+r18267-1u. But on my ancient old > >> computer with Xubuntu 12.04 I have Scribus > >> 1.4.3, July 20, 2013 installed. > >> > >> I can't believe that 13.10 still doesn't > >> have 1.4.3 in the repos when even 12.04 has > >> it. Do I have to download a .deb file and > >> install it manually? Can I add the PPA as > >> described on scribus.net by editing the > >> latest PPA where it says "raring" to "saucy"? > > >Looking at the Wiki, > >http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Download , it > >will give you > >https://launchpad.net/~scribus/+archive/ppa > >which may help you > > Thanks, but I probably failed to make something > clear. The above worked fine for me, but it > gives me access to 1.5.0 trunk. That is not > what I want. I want just 1.4.3. My Xubuntu > 13.10 has only 1.4.2 in the repos, not the > latest stable 1.4.3. > > I also failed to grasp something about my old > computer. Indeed, it does have 1.4.3 installed, > but it also does have the > > deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/scribus/ppa/ubuntu > precise main > > repo properly installed with the key. So that > is how I installed 1.4.3 on 12.04. > > I tried to install the above repo on my new > 13.10 computer by editing "precise" to "saucy," > and it worked, but I can't get the key because > the server does not respond. > The solution for all linux distros is to compile from svn. Here is my 1.4.x script: ----------------------------------------------- rm -r /usr/local/src/s14x cd /usr/local/src/ svn co svn://scribus.net/branches/Version14x/Scribus s14x cd s14x 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 ------------------------------------ Of course you first have to install build-essentials or its equivalent. You will need cmake also. But the compile approach frees you forever from the vagaries of various repositories. -- 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
