How to install Scribus in Ubuntu

To install Scribus

Run the following command to add the repos for installing scribus.

root@linuxhelp1:~# add-apt-repository ppa:scribus/ppa  
 Packages from the Scribus friends

scribus: current 1.4.x branch
scribus-ng: current 1.5.x branch
scribus-trunk: whatever inside the current svn repository, built daily.

scribus-trunk is not updated anymore in 14.04 LTS Trusty Tahr due to a too old Qt, please upgrade your system to a newer Ubuntu release (suggested: 16.04 LTS Xenial Xerus).

SCRIBUS FILES ARE NOT BACKWARDS COMPATIBLE!!
FILES SAVED WITH SCRIBUS-TRUNK OR SCRIBUS-NG CAN' T BE OPENED BY OLDER VERSIONS OF SCRIBUS ANYMORE!!

Back up all your project files before using the svn daily builds as you won' t be able to use them with scribus or scribus-ng anymore!

To install the debug symbols you need to add this to your sources.list:
' deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/scribus/ppa/ubuntu xenial main/debug' 
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~scribus/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it

gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmp_tzl6rij/secring.gpg'  created
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmp_tzl6rij/pubring.gpg'  created
gpg: requesting key 64B6EE15 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: /tmp/tmp_tzl6rij/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 64B6EE15: public key " Launchpad PPA for Scribus friends"  imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)
OK

Utilize the following command to update the newly added repository.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get update  
Hit:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/scribus/ppa/ubuntu xenial InRelease  
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [94.5 kB]
Hit:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease                           
Hit:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease                   
Hit:5 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease                 
Fetched 94.5 kB in 1s (67.4 kB/s)                              
Reading package lists... Done

Then start to install the scribus software by running the following command.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install scribus-trunk -y  
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libpango1.0-0 libpangox-1.0-0 linux-headers-4.4.0-21 linux-headers-4.4.0-21-generic linux-image-4.4.0-21-generic
  linux-image-extra-4.4.0-21-generic
Use ' sudo apt autoremove'  to remove them.
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Setting up libxine2 (1.2.6-1build5) ...
Setting up libvdpau1:amd64 (1.1.1-3ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libxine2-doc (1.2.6-1build5) ...
Setting up mesa-vdpau-drivers:amd64 (11.2.0-1ubuntu2.1) ...
Setting up python-tk (2.7.11-2) ...
Setting up i965-va-driver:amd64 (1.7.0-1) ...
Setting up vdpau-va-driver:amd64 (0.7.4-5) ...
Setting up va-driver-all:amd64 (1.7.0-1) ...
Setting up vdpau-driver-all:amd64 (1.1.1-3ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libpodofo0.9.3 (0.9.3-4) ...
Setting up proj-bin (4.9.2-2) ...
Setting up scribus-trunk-data (1.5.3svn~r21430~20160820~ppa55~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
Setting up odbcinst1debian2:amd64 (2.3.1-4.1) ...
Setting up libgdal1i (1.11.3+dfsg-3build2) ...
Setting up libopenscenegraph100v5:amd64 (3.2.1-7ubuntu4) ...
Setting up scribus-trunk (1.5.3svn~r21430~20160820~ppa55~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
Setting up odbcinst (2.3.1-4.1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...

Open the unity dash board and search for Scribus icon. Click on the icon to start working on it.

Now perform the basic steps and click OK.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get remove scribus-trunk -y 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  fonts-dejavu fonts-dejavu-extra i965-va-driver icc-profiles-free libaacs0 libaec0 libarmadillo6 libarpack2 libass5
  libavcodec-ffmpeg56 libavdevice-ffmpeg56 libavfilter-ffmpeg5 libavformat-ffmpeg56 libavresample-ffmpeg2 libavutil-ffmpeg54
  libbdplus0 libblas-common libblas3 libbluray1 libbs2b0 libcoin80v5 libcrystalhd3 libdap17v5 libdapclient6v5 libdc1394-22
  libepsilon1 libfaad2 libflite1 libfreexl1 libgdal1i libgeos-3.5.0 libgeos-c1v5 libgfortran3 libgif7 libgme0
  libgraphicsmagick-q16-3 libgsm1 libhdf4-0-alt libhdf5-10 libiso9660-8 libkmlbase1 libkmldom1 libkmlengine1 liblapack3 libmad0
  libminizip1 libmodplug1 libmp3lame0 libmpcdec6 libmysqlclient20 libnetcdf11 libodbc1 libogdi3.2 libopenal-data libopenal1
  libopencv-core2.4v5 libopencv-imgproc2.4v5 libopenjp2-7 libopenjpeg5 libopenscenegraph100v5 libopenthreads20 libpango1.0-0
  libpangox-1.0-0 libpodofo0.9.3 libpostproc-ffmpeg53 libpq5 libproj9 libqt4-opengl libschroedinger-1.0-0 libsdl1.2debian
  libshine3 libsnappy1v5 libsodium18 libsoxr0 libspatialite7 libssh-gcrypt-4 libsuperlu4 libswresample-ffmpeg1 libswscale-ffmpeg3
  libsz2 libtbb2 libtwolame0 liburiparser1 libva1 libvcdinfo0 libvdpau1 libx264-148 libx265-79 libxerces-c3.1 libxine2
  libxine2-bin libxine2-doc libxine2-ffmpeg libxine2-misc-plugins libxine2-plugins libxvidcore4 libzmq5 libzvbi-common libzvbi0
  linux-headers-4.4.0-21 linux-headers-4.4.0-21-generic linux-image-4.4.0-21-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-21-generic
  mesa-vdpau-drivers mysql-common odbcinst odbcinst1debian2 proj-bin proj-data scribus-trunk-data va-driver-all vdpau-driver-all
  vdpau-va-driver
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The following packages will be REMOVED:
  scribus-trunk
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 11 not upgraded.
After this operation, 41.5 MB disk space will be freed.
(Reading database ... 241421 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing scribus-trunk (1.5.3svn~r21430~20160820~ppa55~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20160701-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3.1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1)