[scribus] Unable to install Scribus

Dwain Alford wdalford6 at live.com
Sat Jan 4 00:36:39 UTC 2014


Dwain Alford <wdalford6 at live.com> wrote:
>"Peter Mt. Shasta" <pshasta at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>I have the latest MacBook Pro with OS X 10.9.1, but it doesn’t say if
>>that is Mountain Lion or not, so don’t know which software version to
>>download, so I downloaded the first option available for the Mac OS X
>>10.9 or above. Then the next question is how to download the
>>Ghostscript. The Apple Store says it is not available for US
>>distribution.  The other options all list dire warnings for using the
>>wrong version, so where can I get the right version?  If the
>>installation is this difficult it seems the program itself must be
>only
>>for geeks. Sorry, I’m in the process of switching from Windows XP and
>>am not so knowledgable on the Mac. Thanks for any assistance!
>>
>>
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>
>Get the latest version from scribus.net. Also get the latest version of
>GS from sourceforge.net.
>
>Installing from a .dmg, treat it like a .exe file. When the dialog box
>opens you will see the Scribus.app icon and an Applications folder in
>the box. Drag the Scribus icon to the Applications folder and drop it
>there. Another dialog box will open showing the progress of the program
>being copied to the Application folder. After installing, reboot. If
>you check the Apps folder after the install the Scribus icon will be
>grayed out with a circle and slash. This is normal with some programs,
>that's why the reboot. Everything will be aok then.
>
>You may run into some issues setting prefs, which you will find under
>the program name in the menu bar, if you don't already knw that.
>
>Good luck & cheers,
>Dwain
>
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Sorry, that's sourceforge.org.
Cheers!



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