Scribus on Mac OS X
From Scribus Documentation Project
Installing a binary package of Scribus on Mac OS X is quite simple.
Preparing
If you don't have a current version (8.5 or higher) of GhostScript installed already, download it from Sourceforge, extract the content and move the resulting folder GhostScript.framework to /Library/Frameworks. Scribus should detect Ghostscript automatically. If it doesn't, you can enter the path to gs in Scribus via Preferences > External Tools > PostScript Interpreter.
You don't need to delete an existing copy of Scribus when you're installing a new one.
Installing
- Now, download Scribus from SourceForge.
- Extract the downloaded file (with the extension tgz). You will have a new application called "Scribus.app" available now. You can move this application wherever you want; the Applications folder in your home directory is a good place.
- Double-click on Scribus.app to launch Scribus.
Two problems may arise:
- If you have many fonts installed, the first time Scribus starts, it could take up to an hour (but most of the time slightly more than a minute) in order to check all of them.
- If Scribus doesn't automatically find Ghostscript (and if this happens you will be warned by an alert), you can set the path to gs (it should be /Library/Frameworks/GhostScript.framework/bin/gs) in the External tools section of the Preferences

