[Scribus] installing scribus on mac os

[Craig Bradney]

On Thursday 23 February 2006 14:23, Kevin Walzer wrote:
> Florence Gaillaguet wrote:
> > Is there an other way to install scribus on Mac OS ?
> > Could you give me all the explanations because I am not used to
> > installing open source softwares on mac ? Thanks a lot.
> >
> > [est-ce qu'il y a un autre moyen d'installer scribus sur mac ?
> > Pourriez-vous me donner toutes les explications car je n'ai pas
> > l'habitude d'installer des logiciels libres sur mac ?
> > Merci beaucoup.]
> >
> > On 2 /22/06, Florence Gaillaguet <florence.gaillaguet at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Thanks for your reply,
> >>
> >> yes, I have copied the contents of libraries A and B into /frameworks
> >> and then removed the folders
> >> so that I have  Library/framework/fontconfig2.framework,
> >> /framework/Freetype.framework and so on
> >>
> >> [j'ai bien copi? le contenu de Librairie A et B dans /frameworks et
> >> envel? les dossiers
> >> donc j'ai bien Framework/fontconfig2.framework,
> >> framework/freetype.framework, etc.]
> >>
> >> On 2/22/06, Louis Desjardins <louisdesjardins at videotron.ca> wrote:
> >>>  It says that the programm is incomplete or damaged.
> >>>
> >>> On 2/22/06,* Craig Bradney* <cbradney at zip.com.au> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On Wednesday 22 February 2006 10:07, Florence Gaillaguet wrote:
> >>>> Hi,
> >>>>
> >>>> I am trying to install Scribus on Mac OS 10.4
> >>>> I have downloaded Scribus-Aqua-1.3.2-2006-01-23.tar.bz2
> >>>> Libraries-A-2006-01-23.tar.bz2
> >>>> Libraries-B-2005-10-09.tar.bz2
> >>>> Ghostscript-8.50-macos.tar.bz2
> >>>> Freetype.framework-2.1.10
> >>>> on http://aqua.scribus.net/
> >>>>
> >>>> I have installed scribus-aqua in "applications" and Librairies A and B
> >>>
> >>> in
> >>>
> >>>> "Library/frameworks"
> >>>
> >>> Please check that the content of the folders Library A and B are in
> >>> /framework, not the folder themselves.
> >>>
> >>> [FR] Assurez-vous que c'est bien le contenu des dossiers Library A et B
> >>> qui est copi? dans /framework, pas les dossiers eux-m?mes.
> >>>
> >>>  > I have also installed X 11 for Mac Os.
> >>>
> >>> X11 is for Fink. AFAIK X11 is not needed and won't be launched with
> >>> Scribus Aqua.
> >>>
> >>> [FR] X11 est requis pour une installation avec Fink. X11 n'est pas
> >>> requis pour une application Aqua.
> >>>
> >>> Will this help?
> >>>
> >>> [FR] En souhaitant le tout utile!
> >>>
> >>> Louis
> >>>
> >>>> When I try to launch scribus, I have a error message saying that
> >>>
> >>> something
> >>>
> >>>> is messing or damaged.
> >>>
> >>> What is the exact error message? "Something" is hard to tell from many
> >>> km
> >>> away.
> >>>
> >>> Craig
>
> Would it be impertinent to suggest that Scribus-Aqua be made available
> as one of the following:
>
> a) a single application bundle with all frameworks packaged therein,
> which can be installed in the manner Mac users expect, i.e. via
> drag-and-drop;
>
> or
>
> b) a pkg installer that puts the main Scribus.app in /Applications and
> the relevant frameworks in /Library/Frameworks?
>
> The current method requires end users to do far too much fiddling with
> installing the frameworks, and can be very error-prone (i.e. the Scribus
> bundle doesn't see Ghostscript).
>
> I understand the rationale for *not* doing this, i.e. the development
> cycle for Scribus is going to be faster than the updates for the
> frameworks themselves, and it's easier for the developers to simply
> re-wrap the application bundle and leave the frameworks untouched.
>
> However, it seems to me that Scribus-Aqua is entering into more
> widespread use than it was last spring/summer, when the first
> bleeding-edge alpha Aqua builds were available. Doing the package
> installer isn't much more work than recompiling the main bundle itself.
> Even Windows users now have an easy installer to use!

Someone has handed us an installer script but I'm not sure where its up to in 
terms of who is now maintaining it.

Of course, donating a faster Mac to Andreas might also help things along 
too. :)

Craig
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