{"id":45073,"date":"2024-01-02T09:17:04","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T09:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=45073"},"modified":"2025-12-15T11:23:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T11:23:38","slug":"install-scribus-1-6-0-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2024\/01\/install-scribus-1-6-0-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install Scribus (1.6.5 Updated) in Ubuntu 24.04 \/ 22.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/scribus-icon.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-45074\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/scribus-icon-250x250.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/scribus-icon-250x250.webp 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/scribus-icon-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/scribus-icon-700x700.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/scribus-icon-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/scribus-icon.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Scribus, the popular free open-source desktop publishing software, announced the new stable 1.6.x release series on the first day of 2024!<\/b><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been more than 4 years since the last stable 1.4.8, while 1.5.x release series is available as development branch.<\/p>\n<p>The new Scribus 1.6 includes many new features! If you have the default 1.5.8 dev package from Ubuntu system repository, then most of them are already in use.<\/p>\n<p>Features include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Resource Manager for online resources such as dictionaries<\/li>\n<li>canvas rendering improvements on Hi-DPI screens.<\/li>\n<li>New commands added to scripting engine<\/li>\n<li>New PDF-based output preview<\/li>\n<li>Adobe\u00ae Illustrator\u00ae look like &#8220;Symbol&#8221; or clone feature.<\/li>\n<li>most often requested text features<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New &#8216;Picture Browser&#8217; plugin.<\/li>\n<li>Support all advanced gradient types available in Adobe\u00ae Illustrator\u00ae and XARA\u00ae Designer.<\/li>\n<li>Drop shadows.<\/li>\n<li>Store bitmap images within native file format.<\/li>\n<li>RTF and DOCX importers, Krita&#8217;s KRA format, and markdown import filters.<\/li>\n<li>Import files IDML, IDMS, P65, PUB, XTG, XAR, ORA, PGF, 3D objects with OpenSceneGraph.<\/li>\n<li>Export PDF\/X-4, PDF 1.6, XPS.<\/li>\n<li>Follow XDG standart, to store preferences under <code>~\/.config\/scribus<\/code>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more changes in Scribus 1.6.0, see the official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribus.net\/scribus-1-6-0-released\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">release note<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-50215\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/scribus165-light-700x393.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/scribus165-light-700x393.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/scribus165-light-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/scribus165-light-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/scribus165-light.webp 1235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>How to Install Scribus 1.6.5 in your Linux<\/h3>\n<p><b>NOTE: Please backup unfinished jobs before upgrading the app from an older release, in case of issues.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>(<b>Option 1<\/b>) Scribus provides official Linux package through <b>AppImage<\/b> for AMD\/Intel users, which runs in sandbox. It&#8217;s available to download at the sourceforge page via the link below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple-gradient-background has-text-color has-background\" href=\"http:\/\/sourceforge.net\/projects\/scribus\/files\/scribus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download Scribus<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The <code>.AppImage<\/code> is non-install package, that can be run directly to launch software. However, you need to right-click on it and add &#8216;<i>executable<\/i>&#8216; permission under Properties dialog.<\/p>\n<p>NOTE for Ubuntu 22.04+, run <code>sudo apt install libfuse2<\/code> in terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) in case AppImage support is not enabled yet.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-50213\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/scribus165-appimage-700x450.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/scribus165-appimage-700x450.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/scribus165-appimage-300x193.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/scribus165-appimage-768x494.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/scribus165-appimage.webp 1172w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>For those who don&#8217;t like running app in sandbox, you may also install Scribus 1.6.5 either from Ubuntu PPA or by building from source tarball.<\/b><\/p>\n<h4>Option 2: Ubuntu PPA<\/h4>\n<p>For choice, I&#8217;ve made the new release package into this <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/scribus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unofficial PPA<\/a> for <code>Ubuntu 22.04<\/code>, <code>Ubuntu 24.04<\/code>, and <code>Ubuntu 25.04\/25.10<\/code> on both x86_64 (intel\/amd CPUs) and arm64\/hf (<i>Raspberry Pi<\/i> etc) devices.<\/p>\n<p>Ubuntu 20.04 is NOT supported due to minimum Qt version mis-match. For choice, you can keep an eye on <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~savoury1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/scribus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">another PPA<\/a>, which however may run into dependency hell.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> First, press <code>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/code> on keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1\/scribus<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type user password (no visual feedback) when it asks and hit Enter to continue.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/scribus-ppa.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-45077\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/scribus-ppa-700x322.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/scribus-ppa-700x322.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/scribus-ppa-300x138.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/scribus-ppa-768x353.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/scribus-ppa.webp 777w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Then, either run command to install Scribus from PPA:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt install scribus<\/pre>\n<p><i>For Linux Mint, run <code>sudo apt update<\/code> first to refresh cache.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/apt-update-scribus.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-45078\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/apt-update-scribus-700x357.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/apt-update-scribus-700x357.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/apt-update-scribus-300x153.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/apt-update-scribus.webp 741w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or, launch <b>Software Updater<\/b> to update the package if an old version was installed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/upgrade-scribus.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45079\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/upgrade-scribus.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"669\" height=\"596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/upgrade-scribus.webp 669w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/upgrade-scribus-300x267.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Option 3: Flatpak package<\/h4>\n<p>Scribus is also available to install via the community maintained <a href=\"https:\/\/flathub.org\/en\/apps\/net.scribus.Scribus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flatpak package<\/a>, which runs in sandbox environment for most Linux.<\/p>\n<p>Linux Mint user may launch Software Manager, then search &amp; install the package after enabled &#8220;unverified Flatpaks&#8221; in the preferences dialog.<\/p>\n<p>While Debian, Ubuntu, and other Linux can install the package by doing following steps one by one.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First, launch terminal and install the flatpak daemon:\n<pre>sudo apt install flatpak<\/pre>\n<p>for other Linux, follow the official <a href=\"https:\/\/flatpak.org\/setup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">setup guide<\/a> to enable flatpak support.<\/li>\n<li>Then, install the Scribus flatpak package by running command:\n<pre>flatpak install https:\/\/dl.flathub.org\/repo\/appstream\/net.scribus.Scribus.flatpakref<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If this is the first Flatpak package you installed, then you may need a log out and back in to make app icon visible.<\/p>\n<p>Or, run the command below instead to start it from terminal:<\/p>\n<pre>flatpak run net.scribus.Scribus<\/pre>\n<p>While, you may replace <code>run<\/code> with <code>update<\/code> in the command to check updates.<\/p>\n<h4>Option 4: Compile from Source<\/h4>\n<p>For those who don&#8217;t trust 3rd party repositories, it&#8217;s not hard to compile Scribus from source tarball. And, here&#8217;s how to do the job step by step in Ubuntu.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> First, download the source tarball (<code>scribus-1.6.5.tar.xz<\/code>, .gz or bz2) from the link below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple-gradient-background has-text-color has-background\" href=\"http:\/\/sourceforge.net\/projects\/scribus\/files\/scribus\/1.6.5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download Scribus 1.6.5<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Open <i>Downloads<\/i> folder, right-click on the tarball and select &#8216;Extract&#8217; it. Next, right-click on the new generated folder and select &#8220;<b>Open in Terminal<\/b>&#8221; open source folder in terminal as working directory.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-50214\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/open-scribus165-terminal-700x451.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/open-scribus165-terminal-700x451.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/open-scribus165-terminal-300x193.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/open-scribus165-terminal-768x495.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/open-scribus165-terminal.webp 1012w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>3.<\/b> When terminal opens, do:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First, run command to install dependency libraries for building the source:\n<pre>sudo apt install cmake debhelper-compat dh-python extra-cmake-modules gettext libcairo2-dev libcdr-dev libcups2-dev libfreehand-dev libgraphicsmagick++1-dev libharfbuzz-dev libhunspell-dev libhyphen-dev libicu-dev liblcms2-dev libmspub-dev libopenscenegraph-dev libpagemaker-dev libpng-dev libpodofo-dev libpoppler-cpp-dev libpoppler-dev libpoppler-private-dev libqt5opengl5-dev libqt5webkit5-dev libqxp-dev librevenge-dev libtiff-dev libvisio-dev libwpg-dev libxml2-dev libzmf-dev python3-dev qtbase5-dev qttools5-dev qttools5-dev-tools zlib1g-dev<\/pre>\n<p>You can remove these <code>dev<\/code> packages after compilation done, by replace <code>install<\/code> in command with <code>remove<\/code><\/li>\n<li>Then, create <code>build<\/code> sub-folder, navigate into it, then run cmake command to configure the source:\n<pre>mkdir build &amp;&amp; cd build &amp;&amp; cmake ..\/<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>Finally, build (<code>-j4<\/code> means to start 4 threads in parallel) and install:\n<pre>make -j4<\/pre>\n<pre>sudo make install<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The commands above will compile &amp; install Scribus to <code>\/usr\/local<\/code> directory. If you have the stock version installed from system repository, remove it to avoid duplicate app icons.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/compile-scribus163.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-47960\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/compile-scribus163-700x444.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/compile-scribus163-700x444.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/compile-scribus163-300x190.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/compile-scribus163-768x487.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/compile-scribus163.webp 1086w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Uninstall Scribus 1.6.5<\/h3>\n<p>If you installed the software package from Ubuntu PPA, then remove it by running command in terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T):<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt remove --autoremove scribus scribus-data<\/pre>\n<p>Also, remove the PPA repository by running command:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:ubuntuhandbook1\/scribus<\/pre>\n<p>For Scribus compiled from source tarball, redo step 2 to open source folder in terminal and run:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo make uninstall<\/pre>\n<p>In case you&#8217;ve already deleted the source folder &amp; tarball, try manually removing the installed files via commands:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo rm \/usr\/local\/bin\/scribus \/usr\/local\/share\/applications\/scribus.desktop<\/pre>\n<pre>sudo rm -R \/usr\/local\/lib\/scribus<\/pre>\n<pre>sudo rm -R \/usr\/local\/share\/scribus<\/pre>\n<p>And, to uninstall Scribus Flatpak package, run command:<\/p>\n<pre>flatpak uninstall --delete-date net.scribus.Scribus<\/pre>\n<p>Optionally run <code>flatpak uninstall --unused<\/code> to remove useless run-time libraries which may free up some disk spaces.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scribus, the popular free open-source desktop publishing software, announced the new stable 1.6.x release series on the first day of 2024! It&#8217;s been more than 4 years since the last stable 1.4.8, while 1.5.x release series is available as development branch. The new Scribus 1.6 includes many new features! 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