The programs you will need to compile Scribus 1.4 are:
Scribus will run under almost any window manager and does not require KDE. However, drag and drop functionality will be lost without KDE.
If color management does not work, you also need at least one RGB profile and one CMYK profile installed or the color preferences and options will not appear in the menus. Scribus installs one RGB and one CMYK profile simply to enable color management, but some distributions, notably Debian, provide ICC profiles in separate packages, due to their licensing policy.
Testing suggests setting the correct "-march=" CXXFLAGS has a very beneficial effect on Scribus performance. For example, if you have a Duron or Athlon processor, using export CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon"
would be of benefit. Check if your distribution sets these for you and how they are set, and for further information see:
man gcc
There are detailed notes in the BUILDING file, and packagers should look at the PACKAGING file in the sources for more details.
In 1.3.3.6+, we added support for CMake as an alternative to the traditional autotools. Since 1.3.5 it is mandatory, and autotools are no longer supported. Currently, building on Linux, UNIX and Mac OS X is working reliably. Please see the CMake instructions for more details.
The default location for the Scribus executable is located in /usr/local/bin
. Documentation is located in /usr/local/lib/scribus/doc
In addition for Linux/UNIX desktops, there is a desktop.config
file named scribus.desktop
which can be used for a menu shortcut or desktop shortcut. Simply copy this from the base directory of the installation source directory to your KDE desktop and this will launch Scribus. After dragging the file to the desktop, right click and make sure the “execute” check box is checked. This file conforms to the latest www.freedesktop.org specifications.