[scribus] Scribus crashes when saving PDF

[John Culleton]

On Monday 28 February 2011 17:03:03 Craig Bradney wrote:
> On 2/28/11 8:49 PM, John Culleton wrote:
> > On Monday 28 February 2011 14:29:55 Craig Bradney wrote:
> >>> But is it true that you can't save to ps or pdf unless GS is
> >>> available to Scribus?
> >>
> >> No, it depends on what you want to import and how you want to
> >> import it.. and then export it.
> >>
> >> Craig
> >
> > I don't understand. I am talking about exporting a Scribus
> > document in pdf format. Is Ghostscript necessary for this
> > function?
>
> Scribus uses gs for some export features, eg, rendering pdfs or ps
> files to a flat image. Exporting a doc with basic text and flat
> image types should not need it.
>
> Craig
>
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To me this means that the OP's problem might well be caused by the 
lack of Ghostscript.  In any case I see little merit in not having 
Ghostscript if some Scribus files will require it at export time. 
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