There seems to be a problem with this latest version if the Qt files included in Scrivener are not the same as the Qt files in KDE. This seems to be the case for both Arch Linux and the latest version of Mint KDE. It just wont run. It works fine in Mint Cinnamon except that there is no spell checker. That needs enough of KDE to be added to Cinnamon for the Qt file problem to occur again.
My solution was, dare I say it, to abandon Linux and go back to Win 7. Pretty Drastic. But I do want a version of Scrivener that includes a spell check in English English.

On Debian wheezy/jessie:

aptitude install libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0:i386 libstdc++6:i386 libfontconfig1:i386 libxext6:i386 libxrender1:i386

To install on Fedora 20 x64 (probably would work with Centos and Redhat as well.)

After enabling rpmfusion rpmfusion.org/, you can run scrivener.sh, then use yum whatprovides for each error, installing the package suggested with yum install.

After installing these below, the provided scriver.sh worked fine.

sudo yum install gstreamer-plugins-base-0.10.36-6.fc20.i686
sudo yum install glib2-2.38.2-2.fc20.i686
sudo yum install libXext-1.3.2-2.fc20.i686
sudo yum install fontconfig-2.11.0-1.fc20.i686
sudo yum install libstdc+±4.8.2-7.fc20.i686
sudo yum install glibc.i686
And libXrender from rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/searc … ender.so.1

Adam

If you are having problems with KDE, you can (or used to be able to at least) switch your desktop easily with Mint. Go into the software app, install “gnome-desktop” then logout, then look for the session icon at the bottom and select gnome. Then try to run scrivener again.

Mint isn’t exactly the most stable distro to in terms of development. Don’t get me wrong, it’s very “stable”, but they are now running there own desktop manager and a number of applications do not run correctly. For compatability with scrivener and for beta testing purposes if you don’t have much experience solving dependancy errors on Linux I would stick to Ubuntu 32 bit, I have scrivener beta working fine on the latest Fedora v20 x64 which I prefer.

Adam

thanks Adam, this worked like a charm!

Thanks amorey. Dependencies are not the problem. I had the older version running Ok on KDE in Arch Linux 64. The problem lies in the fact that the latest version of Scrivener comes with its own Qt libraries. These are no the same as the versions in up to date KDE distros such as Arch or Mint. I can get it to run in Mint Cinnamon but not with a working spell checker. I gave up trying to add enough stuff to get that working.

this also works on Ubuntu “saucy”

Easy install on Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE), running on a 32-bit Intel Dual Core T2500 CPU laptop.

Downloaded the deb package and ran the standard installer on it. All dependencies were found and it installed without a hitch.

Scrivener runs fine. The only thing I’ve noticed so far is the font size of my text. Under Windows I have the scaling set to 130 percent. To achieve the same scale on screen in Linux I have to reduce scaling to about 100 percent.

Spell check? I think I saw mention of a solution earlier in this thread… will give it a try.

I’ll report back with an update when I have more to add

Spell check solved, thanks to a tip from TaftSinjin in this thread, [url]https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/spell-check/17038/1].

Installed libaspell-dev from the Linux Mint Software Manager.

Closed Scrivener and restarted it.

Bingo! I now have a working spell checker.

How can I change menu language on Russian under Xubuntu 13.10-64 ?

Hello,
Thanks for helping us working on this very good application, but is it possible to have it in french? It seems to have it possible in settings, but it doesn’t change anything for me.

It’s a day before this version of beta is supposed to expire, but I’m already getting a tiiiiny window that says “Beta Expi” in the title bar every time I try to open Scrivener. The body of the window reads:

“This Sc
Please”

The only option is to press “okay.” I’m assuming Expi is “expired” and that the window text is telling me to find the most recent beta edition, which I don’t see anywhere. Is it available yet?

I’ve also ran into that problem, starting yesterday.

What would be the proper way to report bugs and whatnot?

I’d just a look at Scrivener. No problems at all with installation (here: Fedora 20 with KDE 4.12). But it’s not possible to change the UI language (here: to German). It sticks to English.

I’m also very interested in Scrivener for Linux. Being able to run the Linux version with the Windows-License is quite a good idea, I think.

Dear Scrivener team, are there any near-future plans for Scrivener becoming “official” on Linux?

I am using the latest version of Ubuntu, 14.04. I have been able to run previous versions of Scrivener. But when I try to run the current beta, I get the following message in the terminal:

error while loading shared libraries: libgstapp-0.10.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I wasn’t able to find this shared library through the Ubuntu Software Center. Any recommendations on what I can do?

Thanks

Steve Shaviro
shaviro@shaviro.com

Steve. I just updated my Linux Mint version from 16 to 17 (Xfce) and had what might be a related problem. Mint is based on Ubuntu, btw, and 17 is based on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, i.e. the version you’re using.

In previous versions of Linux Mint it’s never been a problem getting Scrivener installed from the DEB file. However, with Mint 17 the DEB file refuses to install. I resorted to downloading the Scrivener-1.6.1.1-beta.tar.gz file instead, simply extracting it to a folder within my home folder, and running it from a sym-link that I created on my desktop. Works fine, and picked up all my previous settings.

Hope this helps

–Thomas.

I’m working on an up-to-date debian testing with the beta 1.6.1.1 release installed and unfortunately it takes about 10-15min from starting scrivener on the command line until the gui shows up.
Anyone has an idea?

thanks & greets

Running Linux Mint 17, gdebi package installer indicates its loading .deb file but closes without installing. From the terminal window,

$ cd /home//Downloads
$ sudo dpkg -i scrivener-1.6.1.1-beta.deb

Package installed without issue, Scrivener appears in the menu, right click on Scrivener, select “Create icon on desktop” if you want a button.

Thanks to Sh0shin on the Linux Mint forums for the help