[scribus] Latest v. of Scribus for Ubuntu 8.04

Henry W. Peters hwpeters at jamadots.com
Tue Aug 5 05:06:27 CEST 2008


Thanks very much Alex, this sounds like the route I need & I'll go to it
again.

Best Regards,
Henry 

On Mon, 2008-08-04 at 15:33 -0600, Oleksandr Moskalenko wrote:
> * Henry W. Peters <hwpeters at jamadots.com> [2008-08-04 16:57:34 -0400]:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have had Scribus for at least, a half a year on Windows XP, could not
> > get it to print... even with the latest stable version. Migrated to
> > Ubuntu 8.04/Linux dual boot. 
> > 
> > I downloaded Scribus thru "Add/Remove" this morning (dial-up, long
> > call!) but it was not the latest stable version (it was
> > 1.3.3.1.1dfsg-lubur). Went to Scribus home page-->latest version...
> > tried to follow instructions to download said via "Synaptic Package
> > Manager," when I clicked the "Repositories" in the "Settings" menu, I
> > get the "Software Sources" menu which stops me cold, as there are non of
> > the add options that resemble the instructions. 
> > 
> > It may be something simple, as I am very new to Ubuntu/Linux. Please
> > advise.
> > 
> > Thanks much,
> > Henry
> 
> Henry,
> 
> It does seem that Ubuntu people changed Synaptic's interface recently. I've
> tested this on my Ubuntu/hardy installation and saw the difference. So, when
> you get the Software Source dialog just click on the Third-Party Software tab
> and then click on the "+ Add" button". A dialog asking you to "Enter the
> complete APT line of the repository that you want to add as as source" will
> appear. You should paste the hardy apt line from www.scribus.net/?q=debian
> i.e. 
> 
> deb http://debian.scribus.net/debian/ hardy main non-free
> 
> or
> 
> deb http://debian.tagancha.org/debian/ hardy main non-free
> 
> and click on the "+ Add Source button".
> 
> Then, you can click on "X Close" to close the "Software Sources" dialog and a
> pop-up will open telling you that "Repositories changed.... you have to click
> on the Reload button...". Close that message box and do click on the "Reload"
> button in the toolbar. You can now "Search" for scribus and mark it for
> upgrade, then apply.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Alex.
> 
> Your friendly Debian/Ubuntu scribus packager
> 





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