[scribus] Solved: Problem with Scribus on Ubuntu 9.10

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* Thomas Zastrow <listen at thomas-zastrow.de> [2009-11-05 21:19:38 +0100]:

> Hello,
>
> the problems reported by D.R. Evans with Scribus on Ubuntu 9.10 were  
> definitly caused by the Scribus-NG package which is from January.
>
> I compiled Scribus 1.5.0svn under Ubuntu and everything went fine - the  
> document showed up without any problems and also the PDF export works 
> fine.
>
> I'm not sure who is responsible for the Scribus packages in Ubuntu, but  
> perhaps someone could provide an updated package for Scribus-ng??

I am building 1.3.6svn (1.3.5.1+fixes) packages of scribus-ng for all debian
and ubuntu branches I usually build for. They should be ready within <=8 hrs.
They will have podofo support as well and will be available from the Scribus
Archive repository.

Alex

> If not or if you can't wait, here is a short tutorial how to compile  
> Scribus 1.5.0svn under Ubuntu 9.10 (don't forget: its a developer  
> version). Perhaps we should put it into the wiki??
>
> --------------------------------
>
> Short tutorial for compiling Scribus 1.5.0 SVN under Ubuntu 9.10
>
> There are several possibilities how to compile and install Scribus on  
> Ubuntu 9.10. The way which is described here, leaves an eventually  
> already installed version of Scribus in its place and installs the new  
> version into another directory (here: /opt/scribus).
>
> Let's go ;-)
>
> At first, install the compiler stuff:
>
> sudo apt-get install build-essential
>
> Now, some more packages are necessary:
>
> apt-get install subversion
> apt-get install qt4-qmake
> apt-get install libqt4-core
> apt-get install libqt4-dev
> apt-get install libtiff4-dev
> apt-get install python-dev
> apt-get install libcups2-dev
>
> It seems so, that there is also a version of cmake in the repositories.  
> But apt-get was not able to install it, I just got some unmeaningful  
> errors. So, I downloaded it (http://www.cmake.org/) and installed it on  
> my own (configure / make / make install). If the command "apt-get  
> install cmake" works for you, this is not necessary!
>
> Next, create a directory for Scribus' source code and go to it:
> mkdir ~/scribus_src
> cd ~/scribus_src
>
> Create a directory where you want to install Scribus (I used /opt/scribus):
> sudo mkdir /opt/scribus
>
> Next, download the Scribus SVN sourcecode:
>
> svn co svn://scribus.info/Scribus/trunk/Scribus
>
> Change to the new directory Scribus:
> cd Scribus
>
> Run cmake with the PATH where you want to install Scribus (here:  
> /opt/scribus):
> cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/opt/scribus
>
> Compile Scribus:
> make
>
> ... and, last not least, install it as root user:
> sudo "make install"
>
> You should now be able to start your new Scribus with the command:
>
> /opt/scribus/bin/scribus
>
>
>
>
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