[scribus-dev] [Cross Post]Version 1.5svn build for Windows?

[Gregory Pittman]

On 07/04/2012 02:19 AM, John L. Poole wrote:
> This inquiry, originally posted to the general Scribus list,
> should have been posted to this developer's list... I had
> forgotten there were two lists.  My apologies for cross posting.
> 
> ----------------------
> 
> I've been tackling building the current high watermark, 1.5svn, on
> Windows 7 and have been weighed down on getting the dependencies. For
> example, I'm using VC++ 10, not 8.  I'm keeping meticulous notes (which
> takes time) against the included build instructions as I go along so
> eventually they'll be an Idiot's Guide to Compiling Scribus for Windows
> (yes, it's an ironic title).
> 
> In the meantime, who has been successfully compiling the HEAD version on
> Windows?  Or is the build without regard to keeping it Windows
> compile-ready at this time? Is there only one person who makes the
> Windows build?
> 
> If there are major stumbling blocks that await me, I'd sure like to know
> about it.
> 
> What would be really nice to have is a current build of Scribus that
> follows HEAD -- I'm hoping I might offer that.
> 

You may already know everything here, but here is an aging wiki article
about building on Windows:

http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Building_Scribus_on_Windows

Greg