On 9/12/2013 8:34 pm, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Mon, 9 Dec 2013 08:22:42 -0500 > john Culleton <John at wexfordpress.com> dijo: > >> On Sun, 8 Dec 2013 21:36:57 -0800 >> John Jason Jordan <johnxj at comcast.net> wrote: > >>> 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. > > Would that script not install whatever is the latest in the 1.4x line? > I don't want the latest builds; I just want the latest dot version that > the devs have decided is stable enough to distribute as the latest > release.
It will, however 1.4.x is only getting fixes, so using the latest revision is going to be better than 1.4.3. However.. -r 18392 as a parameter to the svn co option will get you 1.4.3 thanks Craig
