[scribus] installing 1.5.3

[Craig Bradney]

> On 2 Jun 2017, at 17:52, "scrib at wexfordpress.com" <scrib at wexfordpress.com> wrote:
> 
> I have tried multiple OS' including Slackware, SUSE, Fedora and Ubuntu. I 
> have no success with any of them as far as installing 1.5.3.
> What is the easiest OS to use for this install? Using the JLUC script I 
> was able to compile on Slackware but the program errors off when
> I try to run it.

Perhaps you could provide some more info as to what the error is. One issue will be the Qt version. However, it is possible to install on Ubuntu 15, 16, and 17. The others should be fine too.

> 
> Any suggestions? On my latest attempt ( Ubuntu) I get 1.4.6 instead.

Maybe they haven't gotten packages yet but you can still build from source.

> 
> I'll use any OS except Windows, 7 which won't load on my machine (wrong 
> hard disk type)

What sort of hard disk could be the wrong type? In any case I would suggest Windows 10 over 7 for a decent increase in security posture if properly configured.

Craig