How To Install scribus-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install scribus-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is scribus-doc
scribus-doc is:
Scribus is an open source desktop page layout program with the aim of producing commercial grade output in PDF and Postscript, primarily, though not exclusively for Linux.
Scribus can be used for many tasks; from brochure design to newspapers, magazines, newsletters and posters to technical documentation. It has sophisticated page layout features like precision placing and rotating of text and/or images on a page, manual kerning of type, bezier curves polygons, precision placement of objects, layering with RGB and CMYK custom colors. The Scribus document file format is XML-based. Unlike proprietary binary file formats, even damaged documents, can be recovered with a simple text editor.
This is the original on-line documentation from http://docs.scribus.net reformatted for the Help Browser.
There are three methods to install scribus-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install scribus-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install scribus-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install scribus-doc
Install scribus-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install scribus-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install scribus-doc
Install scribus-doc Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install scribus-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install scribus-doc
How To Uninstall scribus-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the scribus-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove scribus-doc
Uninstall scribus-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall scribus-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove scribus-doc
Remove scribus-doc Configurations and Data
To remove scribus-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge scribus-doc
Remove scribus-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove scribus-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge scribus-doc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install scribus-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
