## Installation of Scribus

The installation process of Scribus depends on the operating system/distribution you are using. This is, of course, true for any program you may wish to install.

Linux: On Linux, the easiest way to install Scribus is using a package manager like Yum, YaST or APT, as this method will resolve all dependencies automatically. If there are no pre-built Scribus packages for your Linux version available, you can either try installing an RPM oder DEB package by using the `alien` command or you have to build from source.

Other UNIX systems: There may be packages for OpenSolaris or any of the BSD Unices available, but experience has shown that these are often quite old, and it’s probable that you will have to build Scribus from source.

Mac OS X: DMGs and pkg files for Mac OS X 10.5 and later versions are available from our Sourceforge repository. If your OS X version is older, you can try to install Scribus via Fink or try to build it from source.

Windows: Installing Scribus on Windows works as with most Windows programs: There is one file with the extension *.exe that contains everything you need (except Ghostscript). See the Windows README for more information.

OS/2 and eComStation: The OS/2 port does not come with an installer. All files are packaged in a ZIP file, which you need to extract. Before you can run Scribus, you need to install several dependencies. See the OS/2 README for more information.

## A Note on Upgrades

Unlike some other programs, Scribus doesn’t have an upgrade mechanism. When a new version of Scribus has been released, you need to wait until your distribution has made it available in its repositories. If you are running Scribus on Mac OS X, Windows, OS/2 or eComStation, you need to wait until the installers, DMGs or ZIP archives have been made available. As a rule of thumb, versions for Windows and Mac OS X are available immediately after the announcement of a new release. The same goes for RPM and DEB packages for all major Linux distributions either via the OpenSUSE build service or our own Debian repository. An updated ZIP archive for OS/2 and eComStation is usually available a few days or weeks later.

While Scribus doesn’t have an update mechanism, it does have an “Upgrade Checker,” which is avialable via Help > Check for Upgrades. This will only check whether a new Scribus version for your operating system is available. It will not download or install anything to your computer.

If you are eager to always use the latest version with new features and bugfixes, even between official releases, you can check out SVN to get the source code and compile it yourself.