r15349 by cbradney - Updated requirements to handle Qt 4.6 etc

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Sat Jul 17 23:10:21 CEST 2010


Revision: 15349
Author: cbradney
Date: 2010-07-17T21:00:59.290409Z
Commit message: Updated requirements to handle Qt 4.6 etc

Changeset: 
M  /branches/Version135/Scribus/scribus/doc/en/install2.html

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Index: scribus/doc/en/install2.html
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--- scribus/doc/en/install2.html	(revision 15348)
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@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@
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 <body>
 <h2>Requirements</h2>
-<p>The programs you will need to compile Scribus 1.3.5+ are:</p>
+<p>The programs you will need to compile Scribus 1.3.8+ are:</p>
 <ol>
-	<li><strong>For Scribus 1.3.x+ GCC 3.x+ is required, GCC 3.3+ is strongly recommended</strong>. The Scribus Team has tested compiling with GCC 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3. We recommend the newest stable GCC 4.x release for the performance benefits.</li>
+	<li><strong>For Scribus 1.3.x+ GCC 3.x+ is required, GCC 3.3+ is strongly recommended</strong>. The Scribus Team has tested compiling with GCC 4.1+. We recommend the newest stable GCC 4.x release for the performance benefits.</li>
 	<li>GNU make</li>
 </ol>
 The dependencies for compilation, and also to run Scribus are:
 <ol>
-<li>Qt 4.3.0+, both the runtime libraries and development libraries. Qt 4.2.x is not supported as 1.3.5+ relies on functions only in 4.3.x. Qt3 is no longer required or supported with Scribus 1.3.5 or higher.</li>
+<li>Qt 4.6.0+, both the runtime libraries and development libraries. Qt 4.2.x is not supported as 1.3.5+ relies on functions only in 4.3.x, 1.3.8 relies on functions introduced in 4.6. Qt3 is no longer required or supported with Scribus 1.3.5 or higher.</li>
 <li>Python and python-devel libraries 2.3+. Python 2.2 is not supported.</li>
 <li>Freetype2 2.1.7+. Due to various freetype2 bugs, we recommend, if your distribution/OS allows, to use 2.3.x</li>
 <li>cairo 1.4.x <strong>We recommend 1.4.10+</strong>for performance reasons.</li>
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 for detailed options</p>
 <p>There are detailed notes in the BUILDING file and packagers should look at the PACKAGING file in the sources for more details.</p>
 <h4>Using CMake</h4>
-<p>In 1.3.3.6+, we have added support for using CMake as an alternative for traditional autotools. For 1.3.5+ it is now mandatory. Currently, Linux and MacOSX are working reliably. Please see <a href="install4.html">CMake instructions</a> for instructions.</p>
+<p>In 1.3.3.6+, weadded support for using CMake as an alternative for traditional autotools. For 1.3.5+ it is mandatory. Currently, Linux and MacOSX are working reliably. Please see <a href="install4.html">CMake instructions</a> for instructions.</p>
 
 <p>You can launch Scribus from the command line with the following options:</p>
 
@@ -77,4 +77,4 @@
 <p>The default location for the Scribus executable is located in <code>/usr/local/bin</code>. Documentation is located in <code>/usr/local/lib/scribus/doc</code></p>
 <p>In addition for Linux/Unix desktops, there is a <code>desktop.config</code> file named <code>scribus.desktop</code> which can be used for a menu shortcut or desktop shortcut. Simply copy this from the base directory of the installation source directory to your KDE desktop and this will launch Scribus. After dragging this to the desktop, right click and make sure the execute check box is checked. This file conforms to the latest <a href="http://www.freedesktop.org">www.freedesktop.org</a> specifications.</p>
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