These notes are kindly provided by our Debian package maintainer, Alex Moskalenko. malex at tagancha.org. Please direct questions related to Scribus on Debian to the above email.
Note: Use apt. It is the proper way to install debian packages both binary and source. Make sure you have dpkg-dev installed if you intend to build your own package from source.
Add the following lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list
:
deb http://www.scribus.org.uk/downloads/1.2.1/debian binary/ deb-src http://www.scribus.org.uk/downloads/1.2.1/debian source/
Update the apt database.
apt-get update
You are now ready to either:
Install the binary package.
OR
apt-get install scribus
You can also build your own package from the source, in case your CPU architecture is different or for any other reason. Get the source package:
apt-get source scribus cd scribus-1.2.1
Build the package.
dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -b
Install the package you built.
dpkg -i ../scribus_1.2.1-1_i386.deb
This is the name for x86 arch. Change it to whatever the name is on your system.
Note: these instructions are also partially available at:
http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-pkg_basics.en.htmlSee section 6.13 "How do I install a source package?" and section 6.14 "How do I build binary packages from a source package?"
Enjoy Scribus!