[scribus] Latest in Xubuntu 13.10 is 1.4.2

[john Culleton]

On Sun, 8 Dec 2013 21:36:57 -0800
John Jason Jordan <johnxj at comcast.net> wrote:

> On Mon, 9 Dec 2013 15:28:09 +1100
> "Owen" <rcook at pcug.org.au> dijo:
> 
> >
> >> I just installed Xubuntu 13.10 on a new
> >> computer. When I went to install Scribus the
> >> latest version in Synaptic is
> >> 1.4.2.dfsg+r18267-1u. But on my ancient old
> >> computer with Xubuntu 12.04 I have Scribus
> >> 1.4.3, July 20, 2013 installed.
> >>
> >> I can't believe that 13.10 still doesn't
> >> have 1.4.3 in the repos when even 12.04 has
> >> it. Do I have to download a .deb file and
> >> install it manually? Can I add the PPA as
> >> described on scribus.net by editing the
> >> latest PPA where it says "raring" to "saucy"?
> 
> >Looking at the Wiki,
> >http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Download , it
> >will give you
> >https://launchpad.net/~scribus/+archive/ppa
> >which may help you
> 
> Thanks, but I probably failed to make something
> clear. The above worked fine for me, but it
> gives me access to 1.5.0 trunk. That is not
> what I want. I want just 1.4.3. My Xubuntu
> 13.10 has only 1.4.2 in the repos, not the
> latest stable 1.4.3.
> 
> I also failed to grasp something about my old
> computer. Indeed, it does have 1.4.3 installed,
> but it also does have the 
> 
> deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/scribus/ppa/ubuntu
> precise main 
> 
> repo properly installed with the key. So that
> is how I installed 1.4.3 on 12.04. 
> 
> I tried to install the above repo on my new
> 13.10 computer by editing "precise" to "saucy,"
> and it worked, but I can't get the key because
> the server does not respond.
> 


The solution for all linux distros is to compile
from svn. Here is my 1.4.x script:
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rm -r /usr/local/src/s14x
cd /usr/local/src/
svn co
svn://scribus.net/branches/Version14x/Scribus
s14x cd s14x cmake .
-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/usr/local/scribus4_svn
make make install
cd scribus
ls -l scribus
rm /usr/local/bin/scrib4
ln scribus /usr/local/bin/scrib4
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Of course you first have to install
build-essentials or its equivalent. You will need
cmake also. But the compile approach frees you
forever from the vagaries of various
repositories.

-- 
John Culleton
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