As you may know, Scribus is a free, open-source, cross-platform desktop publishing (DTP) software, designed with both beginners and professional designers in mind. It has a rich set of features and tools, allowing users to create amazing layouts for different purposes. It is ideal for designing brochures, magazines, newsletters, posters, business card and even books.
The software has all the tools necesarry for creating professional-grade projects.Among others, it has support for advanced typography, giving the users control over text formatting and layout. It also has tools for managing colors (including CMYK and spot colors), making it a good option for print-ready projects.
Scribus’s vector drawing capabilities and support for importing various image and document formats further enhance its versatility.Also, it has PDF creating features, allowing users to produce interactive print-ready PDFs with embedded fonts, hyperlinks and forms and also provides advanced layout management for mastering multi-page documents.
The latest version available:
The latest version available is Scribus 1.6.3, which brings the below enhancements, according to the release notes.
General
- Preferences for guide and baseline colors not read.
- Various GUI issues, including non-responsive fields in menus.
- Updated non-HTTPS URLs to current versions.
- Crash on opening PDF and selecting the option to import text as text.
- A case of corrupt PDF generation was fixed.
User Interface (UI) Improvements
- Resolved shortcut issues.
- Fixed increased width in Color Management menu after multiple uses.
- Addressed problems with item attributes and spin box functions.
Graphics/Image Frame Bugs
- File manager issues with external drive detection.
- Update Image” functionality fixed.
- Improvements to CMYK image import
Undo/Redo Functionality
- Fixed crash on undoing last paragraph deletions in Story Editor.
- Resolved an issue with restoring frames and bookmarks.
Build System
- Addressed compilation issues when building against newer versions of poppler.
Scripting Enhancements
- Added new Python functions for unit conversion, baseline adjustments and text styling.
- Improved image export quality settings.
Localization Updates
- Updated translation files
How To Install Scribus 1.6.3 On Ubuntu 24.10, Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 22.04 And Derivative Systems (via PPA)
As it is available via PPA, installing Scribus on your Ubuntu, Linux Mint or derivative system is easy. All you need to do is add the ppa to your system, update the local repository index and install the scribus package. Like this:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/scribus
sudo apt update
sudo apt install scribusOptional, to remove scribus, do:
sudo apt remove scribus
sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/scribusThis is everything, enjoy!
