On 02/27/2016 08:12 AM, Tom wrote: > A friend is having trouble downloading Scribus to a Mac. I know nothing > about Macs so am of no help. I assume that he will want the stable version. > He wonders if it is an extremely large file that is difficult to download > without transmission errors. Does anyone have advice for him? >
One of things that has always seemed curious to me is that the easiest place to find information about installation is in the online manual, which you only have access to if you already have installed it (!). Here is the text from that source: Scribus on Mac OS X Hardware Intel-based Mac 512 MB RAM in addition to system memory requirements ? the more the better. 1?2 GB or more is strongly recommended for larger or more complex documents. Before Installing Scribus Install Ghostscript for Mac OS X ? Ghostscript 8.60+ or newer is recommended. This is important for EPS, PS, and PDF import and printing. You can also install this via MacPorts or Fink. The result will be the same. Installing Simply download the Mac OS X DMG or *.pkg file from Sourceforge, open it and drag the Scribus icon to the location of your choice. The DMG Finder window offers the default system Application directory. From there you may click on the icon and run Scribus. The first launch of Scribus, or when a new user launches Scribus, can be much longer than usual. This is because Scribus is creating a cache file of your fonts. Later starts will be much quicker. Additional Software Scribus 1.4 provides a new type of frame, called Render Frame. It enables the use of other programs to render their outpout in a Scribus document. To take full advantage of this feature, you need to install these programs. By default, Scribus is pre-configured to use LaTeX, Lilypond, POV-Ray, Graphviz, and Gnuplot. Tell him to write to the list if he has issues. Greg
