![]() Instead of installing the current stable version of Scribus you can install the latest development version instead. Download the development version to test and help improve Scribus. Download the stable version if you want to work with tested software and avoid surprises. Scribus offers its software in two versions: stable and development. The MacPorts Project is an open-source community initiative to design an easy-to-use system for compiling, installing, and upgrading either command-line, X11 or Aqua based open-source software on the OS X operating system.įind out more about installing through MacPorts here. Here are tutorials and Scribus documentation that will get you up and running quickly. They modify Unix software so that it compiles and runs on Mac OS X ("port" it) and make it available for download as a coherent distribution.įind out more about installing through Fink here. The Fink project wants to bring the full world of Unix Open Source software to Darwin and Mac OS X. Developers use Subversion to maintain current and historical versions of files such as source code, web pages, and documentation.įind out more about installing through SVN here. Subversion (often abbreviated SVN, after the command name svn) is a software versioning and revision control system. Homebrew purports to be the missing package manager for OS X.įind out more about installing through Homebrew here. Make sure you read all of the instructions carefully and understand them properly before you try them. These installation methods are a lot more complicated than using the DMG or PKG methods shown above. Try using the Scribus Forum, or the Scribus Mailing List, or the Scribus Google+ page to get more help. If you're still having trouble then the problem is something that is outside the scope of this article. To clean up after yourself, go to your Terminal utility, type "EXIT" (without the quotes), press ENTER, then close the Terminal utility. You should now have Scribus working with GhostScript. Once you've stopped the search, scroll up if necessary and copy the location to the "Name of Executable" field in "External Tools" - as shown above - then OK the dialog, close Scribus, then re-open it. It's nothing to worry about but you could be waiting a very long time if you don't stop it. If you don't stop the search it will continue to plough through all of your connected drives doing more searching. Once you've spotted a location you can use CTRL+Z to stop the search. When in the Open dialog in your program, click on the executable in the 'bin' folder. To pont to this file, open the 'bin' folder or leave it open from the install. This means that your system has found a GhostScript installation at that location. In an application that needs it, such as Scribus, in preferences point the gs file path to the executable in your 'bin' folder. ![]() Don't worry if you don't know what that means, just let the process proceed.Īfter a while you should see something in the output that looks like This process will take a few minutes and you'll probably get some "permission denied" messages (unless you're set-up as a super user or have used the "sudo" prefix).
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