[scribus] Idiot wants to build 1.5.0 from source

[Jan de Weerd]

On 06/22/2011 07:35 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:09:18 +1000
> "Owen"<rcook at pcug.org.au>  dijo:
>
>>> 	Library Flags: -- The CXX compiler identification is unknown
>>> CMake Error: your CXX compiler: "CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER-NOTFOUND" was not
>>> found.   Please set CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER to a valid compiler path or
>>> name.
>>
>> CXX COMPILER: ... NOT FOUND
>>
>> Please use your yum install powers to install these two items (I think)
>>
>> gcc-c++
>> gcc
>>
>> Come back with any other errors that might cause cmake to fail. Note,
>> if it says it is missing something, but cmake still finishes, all that
>> means is a feature won't be built. Don't worry about that at this
>> stage
>
> OK, it's been 24 hours, but now I'm back taking more stabs at this.
>
> I installed gcc-c++ and gcc. I wiped out the folder that the wiki
> instructions had me make, and started over from the beginning. To
> clarify, these are the instructions from the wiki for building 1.5.0:
>
> mkdir ~/src/
> mkdir ~/src/scribus_svn
> sudo mkdir /usr/local/scribus_svn
> cd ~/src/scribus_svn
> svn co svn://scribus.net/trunk/Scribus
> cd ./Scribus
> cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/usr/local/scribus_svn
> make
> sudo "make install"
>
> I started over again from the top, following the above instructions to
> the letter, except that I wanted the whole thing in ~/Software/Scribus,
> so I modified the paths in the above example.
>
> It all went well until the cmake line. Here are the results:
>
> [root at Devil8 Scribus]# cmake
> 	-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/usr/local/scribus_svn
> -- Shared Library Flags: -- The C compiler identification is
> GNU -- The CXX compiler identification is GNU -- Check for working C
> compiler: /usr/bin/gcc -- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/gcc --
> works -- Detecting C compiler ABI info -- Detecting C compiler ABI info
> - done -- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++
> -- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++ -- works
> -- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
> -- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
> -- Scribus 1.5.0.svn will be built to install
> into /usr/local/scribus_svn -- Machine: x86_64-redhat-linux, void
> pointer size: 8 -- Found target X86
> -- Found target X86_64
> -- Building for target x86_64-redhat-linux
> -- Using standard ApplicationDataDir. You can change it with
> -DAPPLICATION_DATA_DIR -- Looking for Q_WS_X11
> -- Looking for Q_WS_X11 - found
> -- Looking for Q_WS_WIN
> -- Looking for Q_WS_WIN - not found.
> -- Looking for Q_WS_QWS
> -- Looking for Q_WS_QWS - not found.
> -- Looking for Q_WS_MAC
> -- Looking for Q_WS_MAC - not found.
> -- Found Qt-Version 4.7.2 (using /usr/bin/qmake-qt4)
> Qt QTWEBKIT library not found.
> Qt4 Found OK
> CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:473 (MESSAGE):
>    QtWebKit not found
>
> -- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
>
> So apparently QtWebKit was not installed. I tried installing it, but got
> a "no such package" error message. I tried appending -devel, and making
> it all lowercase with and without -devel, but the package was still not
> available. Finally, acting on a hunch, I opened Yumex and searched on
> "qt." This yielded qt-webkit-devel, which I installed. Afterwards the
> -DCMAKE line executed without error. Note to cmake: Computers are
> literal: Give me the correct name of the package.
>
> Then I ran the make command, which took forever and left my poor little
> computer overheated and out of breath. I noted several error messages
> like:
>
> /usr/include/QtCore/qbytearray.h: In member function ‘void
> ScImgDataLoader_PS::decodeA85(QByteArray&,
> QString)’: /usr/include/QtCore/qbytearray.h:452:11: warning: assuming
> signed overflow does not occur when assuming that (X - c)>  X is always
> false
>
> But I ignored them. Then I ran the "make install" command, but it turns
> out the command is not supposed to have the quotes as shown in the wki
> page instructions.
>
> Finally it all finished and I think 1.5.0 is installed. However, it did
> not create a launcher and I don't know the name of the executable, so I
> have no way to run it. From the command line "scribus" just launches
> 1.3.9. Does anyone know how to run my new Scribus?
>

If you installed it in ~/Software/Scribus,  I guess you should go to 
that directory, check if the executable is there and there type 
./scribus to start the installed version.

Hope that helps.
Jan