Installing Scribus 1.6.1 on linux mint 21 and a problem on windows with 1.6.1

[Ronald12]

I have just downloaded Scribus 1.6.1 for linux and Iḿn using Linux Mint 21 Cinnamon.
Which file should i Use to install this update. I was using 1.5.8 on linux and 1.6.1 on windows.

On windows 11 23H2 I have problems checking my file before printing or exporting to PDF.
When i want to check the file for errors, Scribus 1.6.1 quits.

I copied the 1.6.1-file from windows to my linux-laptop, but there i couldn´t open the windows-file in scribus 1.5.8 on linux.
So I downloaded 1.6.1 for Linux, but i don´t know how to install it.
I've been trying to read the readme-files, but i couldn´t find anything about installing. Not even the sudo-way.

Who can help me?

I like linux a lot, but installing programs or updates should be made easier.

[AdmFubar]

This windows file will not open in linux, there are two very different os's.

best to let your distro handle the install from their repositories. check if there is a flatpack or snap for your distro if you need it right away.

>>I copied the 1.6.1-file from windows to my linux-laptop, but there i couldn´t open the windows-file in scribus 1.5.8 on linux.
So I downloaded 1.6.1 for Linux, but i don´t know how to install it.<<

do you mean the .sla file or the  scribus for windows install> .exe or .msi?

[Ronald12]

I was meaning the .SLA-file.
For example I can open a .gnucash-fie in windows Gnucash and i could always open an .sla-file both on windows and linux.

I know that the executable files aren´t compatible, but the datafiles are compatible.
Do you know whether a 1.6.1 is downwards compatible with 1.5.8?

[a.l.e]

no, generally speaking, with scribus 1.5.8 you can't just open a scribus file created with 1.6.1.
(currently, the two files are mostly or fully compatible, so there are ways to do that, but it does not

probably, right now, the best solution for you, is to use the scribus 1.6.2 appimage.
you can download it from the official "scribus site" and it's a single file that you need to make executable (there might be ways to integrate it with your your desktop environment, too)