[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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> Regards
>
> Matt
>
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