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Title: Latest SVN for Ubunru?
Post by: mw0dcm on November 03, 2025, 11:57:41 PM
Hi There,
I've been using Scribus now for around 14 years, and I'm still enjoying using it, especially now as I'm about to create a mini magazine for the Sight Impaired Charity I am volunteering for.
What I would like to know is where can I download the latest svn or beta version of Scribus for Ubuntu 24.04LTS? I've searched the PPA, that hasn't been updated for a few years, Flatpak only has 1.6.4 which I have currently got installed and SNAP only has 1.6.1.

I would love to use the latest versions of Scribus and test it, especially as I beta test a few other applications on both Linux and Android.
If a flatpak version can be pushed out, or a SNAP that would be great, but I don't mind building it from source if I have to.

I am also registered severley sight impaired/blind, but this doesn't stop me using Scribus or any other software/application.

Cheers in advance for any information or help on this....

Dave
Title: Re: Latest SVN for Ubunru?
Post by: a.l.e on November 04, 2025, 07:25:42 PM
Hi Dave,

The simplest way to get the development version of Scribus is to get the Appimage.

There is an official Appimage for 1.7.0 linked from the Scribus site:

https://www.scribus.net/downloads/

The file is hosted on Sourceforge.

On Sourceforge you can also find a very recent Flatpak in the 1.7.1.svn folder:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/scribus/files/scribus-svn/1.7.1.svn/

Finally, on Gitlab, I maintain a "nightly" Appimage that is regularly produced by the CI, each time the community managed Gitlab repository is synced with the official SVN server:

https://gitlab.com/scribus/scribus/-/jobs/artifacts/master/raw/Scribus-nightly-x86_64.AppImage?job=appimage%3Alinux

In the past, we had a Debian/Ubuntu wonderful maintainer that was very active and was creating the PPAs. But I think that they are orphaned now.
Title: Re: Latest SVN for Ubunru?
Post by: mw0dcm on November 19, 2025, 10:39:58 PM
Many thanks for the reply and my apologies for the late reply, been a busy few weeks with kids etc.
I found one PPA that someone has created with the latest build, amd yeah I noticed the Scribus Friends PPA is no longer updated, which is a shame, I used to use it when I started running Linux back in 2009!

I'm currently looking for a magazine template, but I've had no joy, I'll keep looking for one though, unless I just bite the bullet and create a mini-magazine from scratch for the Severley Sight Impaired charity I'm a member of....

Dave