Importing 1.5XX files into 1.4XX

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bobbiescap

Hi folks,

I have changed distros and gone back a version with Scribus in the process. I was running Debian Jessie originally with a 1.4 version, then moved to Manjaro, which offers a 1.5 version.

Due to other problems with Manjaro on this machine, I have gone back to Debian, this time Stretch, and even in the unstable Debian version they are still running 1.4 and the only way I can install 1.5 is via Appimage, which I have found to be frustratingly unstable.

Problem is that 1.4 will not open files created in 1.5 and I cannot find a way to do it. This means that I have to start almost from scratch with a multi page document that was created in 1.5, and health issues is making that a very daunting prospect.

Does anyone know of a way to import 1.5 version files into 1.4 please?

mnawij

Hi bobbiescap,

Try installing https://flatpak.org/ and https://flathub.org/home and install scribus beta which is 1.5.x.

I use it in Linux Mint Debian Edition and seems pretty stable, just an idea.

Cheers!

mnawij

bobbiescap

Thanks, downloading it now. Hopefully it will be more stable than the appimage version. I am surprised at the size of the download, 1.4gb. Appreciate your help.

mnawij

Please let me know how it works.

mnawij