[Scribus] 1.2.3 / 1.2.4 / 1.3

[Oleksandr Moskalenko]

* stu seven <stu7seven at gmail.com> [2005-10-03 19:00:54 -0400]:

> *** Alex - excellent... thank you for answering.
> *** I wonder... you may know... will there be
> *** a newer release of Sarge, including any of
> *** the newer Scribus releases on CD already ?

New point releases of stable distribution are only supposed to address
security concerns. They will not update packages for other reasons to avoid
introduction of new bugs.

> *** This is the always best for me, as I don't have
> *** an internet connection for debian online upgrading.

Sorry, but you have to download scribus or scribus-cvs package somehow. If you
have access to a faster connection at work or at some friend's place you can
download only the package you need to get Scribus running and then install
those locally by using dpkg (dpkg -i package.deb). You can see what packages
Scribus requires you to have at
http://packages.debian.org/stable/graphics/scribus.

>  *** I did try a binary 1.2.3... but this caused me
> *** troubles with my computer... because, any
> *** unpacking or access of that file seemed to
> *** start some binary running... what would happen
> *** is my zip just start clicking, and couldn't complete
> *** the unpacking or moving, or whatever... no good :)
> *** Also I did try the day before a tar.gz, which unpacked,
> *** OK, but did not include a newer lib file... so I am trying
> *** today again... hopefully, a file called "diff" actually
> *** contains the new files needed ? I dont know yet.
>  *** Alex is a lucky fellow... debian and Scribus are tops !

Stu. It looks like you are new to the software building process under Linux.
There is nothing wrong with that. However, you can save yourself from a whole
lot of trouble by using pre-compiled packages like those I provide for Sarge.
That's why they are there for.

Regards,

Alex.

>  On 10/2/05, Oleksandr Moskalenko <malex at tagancha.org> wrote:
> >
> > * stu seven <stu7seven at gmail.com> [2005-09-30 18:35:40 -0400]:
> >
> > > Since I have installed Scribus (from Debian)
> > > all these are newer... especially, I was interested
> > > in the OpenOffice Writer import... but, after
> > > several times trying to install this, too many
> > > libraries not with my Debian CDs.
> > > Here is my question really... if I download
> > > all the required files, then, can I install these
> > > with my existing packages, or will they cause
> > > some conflict ? Could I for instance, make a
> > > little directory just for new packages, and
> > > still run my older applications ?
> > > Sorry about this... Im sure it is a newbie
> > > question... but I don't want to ruin what is
> > > there already. Thanks to all Scribus developers...
> > > use it all the time... terrific.
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm the guy who makes Scribus debian packages, so I feel I am in a
> > position to
> > answer your questions.
> >
> > 1. Please read the
> > http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Scribus_on_Debian_GNU/Linux page. Add
> > the
> > necessary source line to your /etc/apt/sources.list file and run "apt-get
> > update; apt-get install scribus" (or "apt-get install scribus-cvs for
> > 1.3.x
> > series, or both). If apt tells you that it has to fetch more megabytes
> > then
> > your connection can sustain in a reasonable amount of time then note which
> > packages it wants and download them on a faster connection. Then copy
> > those
> > packages to your system and run "dpkg -i package_file.deb" for each one of
> > them as root. Using apt-get or its front-ends such as aptitude or synaptic
> > is
> > the easy way. And your system will properly upgrade and maintain all the
> > packages if you use apt. I will make sure you can always get the most
> > recent
> > Scribus packages from those repositories mentioned on wiki.
> >
> > If you run into more problems please email me and I'll be happy to assist
> > you.
> > I really want to keep Debian users of Scribus happy :)
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Alex
> >