[PLUG] Can't install Scribus 1.4.3 on Xubuntu 13.10

[Zack Olson]

Hi John,
  I was playing around with these Scribus installs that you're mentioning
on Xubuntu 13.10. I see that you got 1.4.3 installed, but for both 1.4.3
and 1.5 these are the steps I took:

## 1.4.3 ##
sudo apt-get install scribus-ng
--- this gave me 1.4.3. The splash screen declares 1.4.2, but both the
window title and Help > About Scribus verify that I do in fact have 1.4.3.

## 1.5 ##
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:scribus/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install scribus-trunk

This now shows 2 Scribus entries in the main menu: Scribus and Scribus
(Trunk) -- which is 1.5.  :)

-Zack


On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 8:09 AM, John Jason Jordan <johnxj at comcast.net>wrote:

> On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 22:37:44 -0800
> John Jason Jordan <johnxj at comcast.net> dijo:
>
> >On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 22:02:31 -0800
> >wes <plug at the-wes.com> dijo:
> >
> >>The problem with package repositories is that they list packages known
> >>to be compatible with specific versions of the OS. So the repo you
> >>added has to have a package for your OS in order for Synaptic to use
> >>it.
> >>
> >>Unless of course, you hack it. You can tell Synaptic to use the
> >>package for the wrong OS. I do this all the time and it "usually"
> >>works just fine. If you're interested in going this route, we can work
> >>on it at the clinic or you can give me the link to the PPA you use and
> >>I'll see if I can figure out the right incantation from here.
> >
> >I already tried to hack the PPA repository. It ended in "saucy main"
> >and I left it at that at first. But when it made no difference in the
> >packages available in Synaptic I edited the line and changed it to
> >"precise main," the same as it is on my 12.04 laptop. I reloaded the
> >repositories again and there was still no change in the packages
> >available in Synaptic.
> >
> >But that is the only sleight of hand that I can think of. If you have
> >other ideas, I'd be happy to try them.
> >
> >When I first started using Linux I recall that when you installed a
> >package that the OS would save the .deb file somewhere on your
> >computer. If that is still true, the .deb file for 1.4.3 ought to be
> >lurking somewhere on my 12.04 computer. For that matter, the .deb file
> >ought to be in a repository somewhere on the net.
> >
> >It might also be interesting to see if I can compile 1.5 from source.
> >But given the massive difficulties with this that have been reported on
> >the Scribus listserv (requires qt5), I'm guessing that such an effort
> >would be best left for this Sunday's Clinic. Even if I can get 1.4.3
> >installed before then, it might be interesting to have 1.5 as well -
> >they can be installed side by side. Scribus 1.5 has some really cool
> >new features that I have been wanting for a long time (Itables,
> >indexing, footnotes, inter alia).
>
> Late last night I succeeded in compiling 1.4.3, now running fine. I'd
> still like to compile the development version 1.5, but that would be
> best left for a Sunday exercise due to anticipated dependency hell.
>
> At the Clinic I also want to install a new mSATA drive that finally
> arrived and then use clonezilla, or some other tool, to move the two
> partitions on the current drive to it. That should be lots of fun.
>
> So far I have five days of labor invested in the fresh install on the
> new computer, and there are still a few programs to get installed.
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