[wellylug] re:scribus

ianandhannah at xtra.co.nz ianandhannah at xtra.co.nz
Mon Sep 27 22:42:58 NZST 2004


Thanks for the info, it all seems a bit daunting at this 
stage... I will give it a go.  No doubt you will all hear 
from me soon!  
 
Hannah 
>  
> From: Matt <matt-lists at comnet.net.nz> 
> Date: 2004/09/27 Mon PM 10:17:46 GMT+12:00 
> To: wellylug at lists.wellylug.org.nz 
> Subject: Re: [wellylug] re:scribus 
>  
> On Monday 27 September 2004 21:56, 
ianandhannah at xtra.co.nz wrote: 
> > Hi Jamie. 
> > 
> > Thanks for that.  A nice'n'easy installation is 
definatley 
> > what I'm after. 
> > 
> > Can you get Scribus in an rpm format? 
> > 
> > Hannah. 
> > 
>  
> The best way to get software for Mandrake is to use the 
urpmi command,  
> or the graphical rpmdrake tool.  However, you need to 
set up download  
> sources.  The best place for finding these is: 
>  
> http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/ 
>  
> http://www.thebrix.org.uk/ 
>  
> On the first site, you'll find a web application, which 
generates the  
> commands you need to set up the repositories on your 
system.  You'll  
> need to run them as root in a console. 
>  
> The second just has the commands you need, but make sure 
you get the  
> right repositories for your mandrake version. 
>  
> I would recommend setting up: 
>  
> contrib 
> update 
> thacs 
> norlug 
> plf 
> eslrahc 
>  
> Once you have these installed, you can use rpmdrake 
(it's in the menu  
> under system->configuration->packaging->install 
software) to search,  
> install a multitude of packages, and it'll resolve all 
dependencies for  
> you automatically.  It's definitely worth the effort of 
setting it up. 
>  
> Matt 
>  
> > > From: Jamie Baddeley <wellylug at vpc.co.nz> 
> > > Date: 2004/09/27 Mon PM 09:51:41 GMT+12:00 
> > > To: "wellylug at lists.wellylug.org.nz" 
> > 
> > <wellylug at lists.wellylug.org.nz> 
> > 
> > > Subject: Re: [wellylug] re:scribus 
> > > 
> > > Welcome welcome, 
> > > 
> > > You might want to see if one of the mandrake people 
on 
> > 
> > the list knows of 
> > 
> > > a nice'n'easy way to install from rpm. 
> > > 
> > > Perhaps being new, it might be wise to compile from 
> > 
> > source something a 
> > 
> > > little less complex? 
> > > 
> > > jamie 
> > > 
> > > On Mon, 2004-09-27 at 21:41, ianandhannah at xtra.co.nz 
> > 
> > wrote: 
> > > > Hi Wayne, 
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks for your reply & welcome!  The package does 
> > 
> > have a 
> > 
> > > > different name: scribus-1.2.tar.bz2 
> > > > 
> > > > Hannah 
> > > 
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>  
> Matt 
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