[Scribus] Downloading source and compiling

[Gustavo Homem]

On Sun, Feb 04, 2007 at 12:16:42PM -0800, ols6000 at sbcglobal.net wrote:
> Attempting to follow instructions on 
> http://docs.scribus.net/index.php?lang=en&page=install1 on "How to 
> obtain the Scribus source" for 1.3.3.7.
> Here is what I get (Fedora Core 6):
> 
> [root at localhost ~]# export CVSROOT=:pserver:anoncvs:@scribus.info:/cvs
> [root at localhost ~]# cvs login
> Loggin in to :pserver:anoncvs at scribus.info:2401/cvs
> cvs -z3 co -r Version1337 Scribus
> 
> Then there is a long pause, followed by
> 
> cvs [login aborted]: connect to [scribus.info]:2401 failed: 
> Connection timed out
> 
> I also downloaded the files
> 
> scribus-1.3.3.7-suse.3.1.src.rpm
> scribus-1.3.3.7.tar.bz2
> 
> Questions:
> 1) Why isn't the cvs download working as documented?
> 2) What is the relation between the source files I would get if cvs 
> worked, and the two files listed above?

CVS is the current code, something between version 1.3.3.7 and the
forthcoming 1.3.3.8. A CVS snapshot is unreleased code.

The .tar.bz file is the source for version 1.3.3.7.

The .src.rpm file is the same source as above, but packaged so that on
machine with a full development enviroment installed a binary rpm file
can be generated automatically:

rpm --rebuild scribus-1.3.3.7-suse.3.1.src.rpm

would generate scribus-1.3.3.7-suse.3.1.rpm

> 3) Can the Suse rpm file be used on a Fedora system?

Generally doesn't work, due to different library locations.

> 4) How would I do the build process using either the Suse rpm or the 
> tar archive?
> 

tar zxvf scribus-1.3.3.7.tar.bz2
cd scribus-1.3.3.7
./configure

(install the missing xxxx-devel packages if the script complains about
missing libs)

make
make install (as root)

Cheers
Gustavo

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