How can I install Laidout in Ubuntu 16.04?

Question

How can I install Laidout, the desktop publishing software, in Ubuntu 16.04?

Answer 1

How to install Laidout in Ubuntu 16.04 (Source)

If you are unaware of what the terminal is, please see this question first:
What is a terminal and how do I open and use it?

1. Install dependencies

Open up the terminal and type this command to install Laidout dependencies.

sudo apt install g++ pkg-config libpng-dev libgegl-dev libreadline-dev libx11-dev libxext-dev libxi-dev libxft-dev libcups2-dev libimlib2-dev libfontconfig-dev libfreetype6-dev libssl-dev xutils-dev libcairo2-dev libharfbuzz-dev libsqlite3-dev libgraphicsmagick++1-dev zlib1g-dev mesa-common-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libftgl-dev

2. Download and extract Laidout

Download Laidout from Github as a compressed file and save it in your desktop.
Using your terminal go to your desktop, extract it there and then enter into the Laidout folder. Run these commands one at a time.

cd ~/Desktop
tar xvfj laidout-0.097.tar.bz2
cd laidout-0.097/

3. Install Laidout

Make sure you are in the Laidout folder in the terminal and then run these commands one at a time:

./configure --prefix=/usr/local
sudo make
sudo make install

4. Open Laidout

If the above steps produce no error, we can now open Laidout by typing in the terminal:

laidout

This should open a Laidout window where you can create new documents or open existing ones. The screenshot below I have opened one of the example files, monkey.doc

5. Uninstall

If somehow you want to uninstall Laidout from your system, follow these steps.
Enter into your extracted Laidout folder in your desktop, then run this terminal command:

sudo make uninstall