How To Install scribus on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install scribus on CentOS 7. scribus is DeskTop Publishing application written in Qt

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install scribus on CentOS 7.

What is scribus

Scribus is an desktop open source page layout program with the aim of producing commercial grade output in PDF and Postscript, primarily, though not exclusively for Linux. While the goals of the program are for ease of use and simple easy to understand tools, Scribus offers support for professional publishing features, such as CMYK color, easy PDF creation, Encapsulated Postscript import/export and creation of color separations.

We can use yum or dnf to install scribus on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install scribus.

Install scribus on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install scribus using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install scribus

Install scribus on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install scribus using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install scribus

How To Uninstall scribus on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the scribus package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove scribus

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install scribus on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.