[Scribus] Scribus 1.3.4 in Ubuntu amd64 repositories

[Craig Bradney]

On Wednesday 08 August 2007 23:11:46 John R. Culleton wrote:
> On Tuesday 07 August 2007, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> > On Tue, 07 Aug 2007 22:46:06 +0200
> >
> > Axel Bojer <axelb at skolelinux.no> dijo:
> > > Oleksandr Moskalenko skrev:
> > > (...)
> > >
> > > > Alternatively, ask on this list and someone can rebuild it for
> > > > you. I know some people here used to provide amd64 rebuilds to
> > > > me, which I'd then put into our repositories.
> > >
> > > I have built my own amd64-version on my machine, and I am doing
> > > this for every new stable version of Scribus. If someone could
> > > tell me how I can make a debian-package out of this, then I will
> > > gladly send it to you :-)
> >
> > Thanks guys, but as I recently posted, I discovered a fix. Synaptic
> > on my Feisty amd64 computer shows only 1.3.4 and the old 1.2.4. But
> > if you select 1.3.4, then go to Package > Force Version, there is a
> > drop-down that lists 1.3.3.8. In other words, Ubuntu didn't really
> > remove 1.3.3.8, they just did something so it no longer appears as
> > the default development version in Synaptic. I proceeded to
> > reinstall 1.3.3.8 and all is well now.
> >
> > Still, a good trick to remember next time a Debian user needs to go
> > back to a previous version.
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> Debian users like all other Linux users can download a tarball and go
> through
> ./configure make make install
>
> This gives you maximum choice of versions, at the cost of violating
> the Debian packaging protocols.  I use Slackware, but when I need a

There is no such cost.. install into your home directory. Cleanest and 
easiest.

Craig