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* Yet another way of meeting the GDI+ requirement is to search the file gdiplus.dll on your hard disk and copy it into the directory that contains the Scribus executable. (The "official" download does not install any files beyond gdiplus.dll either.) There are free applications whose installer puts the file into their application directory. Here is a list of freely downloadable applications that include gdiplus.dll: | * Yet another way of meeting the GDI+ requirement is to search the file gdiplus.dll on your hard disk and copy it into the directory that contains the Scribus executable. (The "official" download does not install any files beyond gdiplus.dll either.) There are free applications whose installer puts the file into their application directory. Here is a list of freely downloadable applications that include gdiplus.dll: | ||
** [http://www.mp3tag.de/en/ Mp3Tag] | |||
* When obtaining GDI+ from an "unofficial" source such as one of the above, it is important to remember that older versions of the file were suffering from a [http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS04-028.mspx critical bug] that affected the processing of JPEG files. The bug was reported in September 2004, and as of September 2006, the current version is of gdiplus.dll is 3102.1360. | * When obtaining GDI+ from an "unofficial" source such as one of the above, it is important to remember that older versions of the file were suffering from a [http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS04-028.mspx critical bug] that affected the processing of JPEG files. The bug was reported in September 2004, and as of September 2006, the current version is of gdiplus.dll is 3102.1360. | ||
Revision as of 10:59, 15 September 2006
Native Windows version release information
- First native Windows release in version 1.3.2 as announced in the official site
- Scribus on Windows -- See this page first for all the important install info on the native Windows version.
- This is untested and unsupported for Win95, Win98 or WinME - Only Windows 2000 or XP
- With the release of 1.3.2, help documentation from docs.scribus.net has been integrated with the main package across all platforms.
Notes
- See Scribus on Windows - Read Me at the online documentation site.
- Ghostscript 8.53 or newer required for EPS, PS import and printing.
- When you first run scribus, you must go to Edit>Preferences>External Tools and change "name of executable" to wherever you have installed ghostscript to. You must choose the "gswin32c.exe" version for scribus to run! For example, set it to: "C:/Program Files/gs/gs8.53/bin/gswin32c.exe"
Obtaining GDI+
- Scribus under Windows 2000 requires installation of the GDI+ library from Microsoft. There are other legal sources for the library for those who don't use IE or don't want to go through the "Genuine Windows" validation process — which has come under severe criticism and has been reported to produces false negatives in some cases (at the Windows Genuine Advantage Forum, for example).
- GDI+ is also distributed here. Please note that it's a German site, but you will be able to find the "zum Download" button and then the "Download starten" button. This will download the installer for the US English version of the library.
- Yet another way of meeting the GDI+ requirement is to search the file gdiplus.dll on your hard disk and copy it into the directory that contains the Scribus executable. (The "official" download does not install any files beyond gdiplus.dll either.) There are free applications whose installer puts the file into their application directory. Here is a list of freely downloadable applications that include gdiplus.dll:
- When obtaining GDI+ from an "unofficial" source such as one of the above, it is important to remember that older versions of the file were suffering from a critical bug that affected the processing of JPEG files. The bug was reported in September 2004, and as of September 2006, the current version is of gdiplus.dll is 3102.1360.