[Scribus] Compile error 1.2.1 on Ubuntu

[Michael Below]

Hi,

Malte Cornils <malte at cornils.net> writes:

> 2.) You could also get the source package for libqt3, install its build 
> dependancies with apt-get build-dep scribus and compile this on a warty 
> system. This does not always work, but most of the time you get a new package 
> that is more compatible than the hoary package while less compatible than a 
> carefully done manual backport. (I'll spare you the details - if you can 
> install all build deps and the package builds and dpkg -I shows good 
> dependancies, installing it should be safe). 

There might be a more simple solution. AFAIK, ubuntu is basically
Debian? Is it possible to install Debian packages on it? There are
lots of backports for Debian "woody", see www.apt-get.org

Ciao
  Michael