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How do I install Scribus stable release?

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Scribus installation guide for Ubuntu says that «the packages from the Debian and Ubuntu repositories are the standard way to obtain Scribus» and the download page says that the current stable version is 1.4.8.

However, sudo apt-get install scribus installs version 1.5.6 (development), that is «for testing purposes only» (as advised in the splash screen) and indeed when I open it I can't even activate any button or menu item, so I want to install the stable version. How can I do that?

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answered 1 Year ago rstride · Accepted Answer

I had the same problem but reinstalling and purging only solved it when I launched Scribus for the first time. The following launch always crashed.

I found the corresponding bug in Scribus bug tracker. It is not a Scribus bug apparently, but rather on Ubuntu's side.

I followed one user's suggestion and it solved my problem :

In file ~/.config/scribus/scribus150.rc you need to change the Maximized attribute of MainWindow element to "0" in the following line :

<MainWindow Maximized="0" ScreenNumber="0" Height="1016" YPosition="27" XPosition="50" Width="1870"/>

I still find it strange that the splashscreen says 1.5.6.svn when the installed package is named scribus/groovy,now 1.5.5+svn23928+dfsg-1build1 amd64 [installed]...