[scribus-dev] (forw) [ubuntu at ozzyfrank.com: [Administrative contact] Missing "System Requirements" Pages]

[Owen]

On Thu, 7 Oct 2010 21:38:30 +0300
"O. Moskalenko" <malex at scribus.info> wrote:

> Do we have a reasonable list of system requirements for the main 3
> branches of Scribus?
> 
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> > Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2010 23:01:05 GMT
> > From: ubuntu at ozzyfrank.com
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> > Subject: [Administrative contact] Missing "System Requirements"
> > Pages
> > 
> > Frank sent a message using the contact form at  
> > http://www.scribus.net/contact.
> >
> > Hi. I've just been trawling through your site trying to find the
> > system requirements for the latest version, for any and all
> > platforms. After performing a search throughout the site, I finally
> > found the Windows one, but finding any others is proving
> > impossible. Have you ever considered placing easy to see links for
> > these pages, since people will need to know beforehand if their PC
> > can handle the requirements of the software? Many other open source
> > software projects will have a visible link on the main page, and
> > also the download pages for the various platforms. I believe doing
> > the same would save a lot of frustration (and ultimately wasted
> > time as well). Cheers. Frank



The "BUILDING" file would probably meet your requirenets. This comes
from the 1.5.0 branch, and I guess other branches have a BUILDING file
as well

==============================================================
Install the below packages BEFORE running CMake or compiling Scribus:

Requirements:
        Qt >= 4.6.0 (Scribus has specific code requiring Qt 4.6, not Qt
4.5.x or before) Freetype >= 2.1.7 (2.3.x strongly recommended)
        cairo >= 1.4.x 
        libtiff >= 3.6.0
        LittleCMS (liblcms) = 1.12 (1.18+ recommended)
        libjpeg (depending on how Qt is packaged)
        libpng
        Qtwebkit

Recommended:
        CUPS
        Fontconfig >= 2.0
        LibXML2 >= 2.6.0
        GhostScript >= 8.0 (8.6+ or greater preferred)
        Python >= 2.3
        tkinter for the font sampler script
        python-imaging for the font sampler preview
        pkgconfig (to assist finding other libraries)
        apspell for the spell checker
        podofo - 0.5.0+ for enhanced Illustrator AI/EPS import, svn
versions boost and boost-devel
        GraphicksMagick++
==============================================================


or were you after something else?



Owen