I got “The package is of bad quality” warning too when installing via Ubuntu Software Centre. I assumed it was because I run a 64 bit system and Scrivener is compiled for a 32 bit system. I just told it to install anyway. It did, and everything is fine.
Newest beta, 32 bit Slackware 13.37, so it’s not suffering from the 64 bit multilib oddities.
I’m trying to insert a jpeg, something I know I’ve done before. Insert > image from file doesn’t give an option for “all files” or jpg/jpeg. Typing the file name directly doesn’t work. I can insert an image using WINE/Scrivener, then open the project in the Linux native Scrivener and view the images just fine.
Bug?
My scrivener doesn’t speak italian. Thanks anyway for the new version.
And the insert image thing works just fine on the desktop (Arch Linux, 64-bit.) Go figure. (Can’t use the add file dialogue without it crashing, but I can insert an image.)
Keep in mind that this new release still requires the user to follow the steps I detailed in the post “Got 1.1.0 working on Mint 13 Cinnamon (64bit).” Essentially the 32-bit libs still have to be installed and the force architecture command utilized.
Best of luck.
Abe
First, let me say that you have a killer product; your attention to detail shows an exemplar understaning of your market. No surprise, since you are, after all, part of your target group (writers).
This may sound like criticism… but I hope you understand that it could be also very valuable feedback…
The last two releases added exactly zero features that I cared for.
Given how far appart relearses are, and how many incredibly useful features the Mac version has (that I do want!), I’m not sure development is going in the right direction. Take this as my very personal view.
Does anyone suppose that the Linux version might one day run on a Chromebook?
Chrome OS is a variant of Linux. But it mainly runs web-based applications.
Though some are “offline” and it does have a file manager.
Apologies if this has been asked and answered already.
This is a question to the developers of Scrivener, how can we know? I am more interested in a stable linux version in the 1st place and this will need time…after this, sure it’s possible that someday we will get versions for Chrome, Android & iOs
But, if Chrome is based on Ubuntu/Linux than i think it’s no big deal to install the linux-version on your Chromebook
There is an iOS version in the works, and I think they are planning on Android after that.
I haven’t tried the ChromeOS, so I can’t speak to it. Since it is a Linux variant, and if it can run offline programs, Scrivener should work. It won’t run in the Chrome window (the browser) though. Well, I’d be surprised if it did. How about that.
All that being said, in looking at the stuff Google has up about the ChromeOS, I’m not sure it will. You’d have to find a way to install it, and not from the Google Store. That isn’t to say it’s not possible. I’m just leaning towards very difficult if it is.
As always, thanks to everyone on the Scrivener for Windows/Linux team for your great work. Bravo. I just used dpkg to load it onto my Dell Studio laptop running Ubuntu 12.04, and it has so far worked perfectly right out of the box.
One question: I didn’t see what the expiration date for this beta is, assuming that we do all somehow live beyond Friday the 21st.
Am I correct in thinking that Sync With External Folder is still missing from the Linux version, or have I simply missed it?
I would very much appreciate having this feature (which I know exists in the Mac version of Scrivener).
Echoing the expiration date question, and subscribing to the thread. When installing the Linux 1.5.0.6 beta, it still says it will expire on July 31, 2012. The info on the Windows beta says it expired on December 21st. The Linux version is still working, of course, and I’m pretty confident that there’ll be a new beta by the time it expires, but it would be nice to know in advance when it’ll stop working.
Anyway, just now getting around to taking this beta for a spin (been using the 1.2.6 beta). And thanks so much for all your hard work on it. Scrivener has been one of my “must-have” tools since I first purchased the Mac version several years ago.
I installed on Linux Mint 14 cinnamon 64 bit. It installed just fine I have the Scrivener icon in the Office section of the Menu, however nothing happens when I click on it. I use Mac OS X Mountain Lion and Linux Mint 14 in unison daily, but am no linux genius, so any help or insite on what I can try to get this to work will be very much appreciated.
Thanks -Mark
Same here, but previously I had no trouble at all. Maybe the beta expired or something.
I had the same problem just now, but found that installing ia32-libs in Synaptic (or “sudo apt-get install ia32-libs”) did the trick.
agentyellow - You are Brilliant my friend.
sudo apt-get install ia32-libs
Worked Perfect, Thank You very much. 
I have updated to this new version with no problem at all, just downloaded the .deb and enter a dpkg -i instruction.
I am on Debian Sid AMD64, with Multiarch support
Thanks a lot !
I got a similar warning when installing on Ubuntu 12.10 32-bit. The install actually caused software-properties-gtk to crash, as well as viewing any sources in Software Center and Synaptic.
Found a bug report from another piece of software that looks like it might be related to this bug: bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour … ug/1053749
Followed the advice here bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour … comments/7 and was able to find the bad characters and remove them.
Ah, just realized that there is the new beta out there. I unpacked the tar file and it startet up without any problem. But what I noticed is that the German translation doesn’t work. Scivener keeps talking English to me. 
Generally, you can ignore this warning if you trust the person/group that created the package you’re installing.
For Ubuntu 12.10 64-bit, I was able to install this way (via software center), and then get things running with
sudo apt-get install ia32-libs-multiarch
Just using “ia32-libs” still also works, but it is now a ‘transitional’ package that points to the multiarch version.