The latest desktop publishing software Scribus 1.4.5, Pragha music player 1.3.2, Liferea RSS reader 1.10.15, and Hotshots screenshot tool 2.2.0 are ready in PPAs for Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid.
Scribus is a desktop publishing (DTP) application based on the free Qt toolkit. It is designed for layout, typesetting and to prepare files for professional quality image setting equipment. It can also create animated and interactive PDF presentations and forms.
While Ubuntu repositories provide an old version, you can install the latest Scribus 1.4.5 via below commands one by one in terminal:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install scribus
Or you can grab the .deb installer for Vivid from this page.
Pragha is a Lightweight Music Player for GNU/Linux, based on Gtk, sqlite, and completely written in C, constructed to be fast, light, and simultaneously tries to be complete without obstructing the daily work.
To install it, run below commands one by one:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/pragha sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install pragha
Or download the .deb installer at launchpad page.
Liferea is an open source feed reader and news aggregator with an embedded graphical browser (supports playing video, audio).
While Ubuntu repositories provide an old version, you can install the latest for Ubuntu 15.04 via:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/apps sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install liferea
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