[scribus] Installing Scribus in MEPIS 7 (Debian based)

[Oleksandr Moskalenko]

* Frank Swygert <farna at att.net> [2008-08-11 21:47:27 -0400]:

> Okay, I finally have Linux (MEPIS 7.0) installed on a computer! I just  
> told the install program to use the entire HD so it would reformat. Now  
> I read an article that mentioned partitioning the hard drive so that  
> data was on another partition to make upgrades easier! Oh well, I can  
> repartition...
>
> I've got a problem installing Scribus. I don't want to compile if it can  
> be helped, just want to install the program executables. I tried  
> Synaptic. The MEPIS repository has 1.3.3.6 as the newest. I tried  
> following the instructions on the Scribus website to add one of the  
> listed Debian repositories and got an error -- something about no public  
> encryption code?

Frank,

If you read the http://www.scribus.net/?q=debian further you'll get to the
bottom of the Detailed Procedure section and see the following there:

Steps to import the archive gpg key

1. Fetch Scribus archive key:

 gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net --recv-keys EEF818CF

2. Import Scribus archive key into apt-key:

as root:

 gpg --armor --export EEF818CF | apt-key add -

or as a normal user via sudo:

 gpg --armor --export EEF818CF | sudo apt-key add -

Run apt-get update after this operation to check that the key has been installed correctly.

apt-key list

command will show the currently available keys. Make sure that it lists

pub 1024D/EEF818CF 2007-02-28
uid Scribus Debian Archive Signing Key 

as one of the keys. For added assurance you may validate that you installed the correct key
by comparing the key's fingerprint to

pub 1024D/EEF818CF 2007-02-28
 Key fingerprint = C434 E100 AEFC B7D8 7D6B D3EB 5BC4 CFB8 EEF8 18CF

uid Scribus Debian Archive Signing Key


Cheers,

Alex.

> So what's the easiest way to get Scribus 1.3.3.12? One of the Debian  
> sites list it as an unstable version, but I assume they are just behind  
> on their updating. I'll use a command line if necessary (just have to  
> open Konsole, right?), but would prefer not to.
>
> Bear with me -- part of this is just learning Linux, I know!  I tried  
> adding the repository while logged in on the generic user account -- do  
> I need to be logged in as admin?
>
> For the record, the computer is an AMD Athlon 1200 (900 MHz) /256K  
> cache, with 640MB DRAM and an ATI Rage 128 graphics card. Motherboard is  
> a FIC AZ31. Yeah, it's a bit dated, but I'm allowing for that when  
> judging software speed. I was running XP on it. MEPIS takes a little  
> longer to boot, I think, but seems to run a lot faster once it starts.  
> It doesn't take a great deal longer than XP, just a little longer...  
> could be me!
>
> -- 
> Frank Swygert
> Publisher, "American Motors Cars" Magazine (AMC)
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