Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 7.4

Chapter 36. Other X-based Programs

Inkscape-0.48.4

Introduction to Inkscape

Inkscape is a what you see is what you get Scalable Vector Graphics editor. It is useful for creating, viewing and changing SVG images.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.4 platform.

Package Information

Inkscape Dependencies

Required

Boost-1.54.0, GC-7.2d, Gsl-1.16 and Gtkmm-2.24.4

Recommended

Little CMS-1.19

Optional

Aspell-0.60.6.1, Doxygen-1.8.5, ImageMagick-6.8.6-9, libwpg, Poppler-0.24.1 and popt-1.16

Optional Runtime Dependencies (for some of the Inkscape extensions)

XML::Parser-2.41, XML::XQL and python-lxml

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/inkscape

Installation of Inkscape

If Xorg is installed in a prefix other than /usr, the build will fail. Fix this by issuing the following command: 

export LIBRARY_PATH=$XORG_PREFIX/lib

Install Inkscape by running the following commands: 

sed -e "s@commands_toolbox,@commands_toolbox@" -i src/widgets/desktop-widget.h &&
./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make &&
unset LIBRARY_PATH

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the root user: 

make install
[Note]

Note

This package installs icon files into the /usr/share/icons/hicolor hierarchy and desktop files into the /usr/share/applications hierarchy. You can improve system performance and memory usage by updating /usr/share/icons/hicolor/index.theme and /usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache. To perform the update you must have GTK+-2.24.20 or GTK+-3.8.4 installed (for the icon cache) and desktop-file-utils-0.22 (for the desktop cache) and issue the following commands as the root user: 

gtk-update-icon-cache &&
update-desktop-database

Command Explanations

sed -e "s@commands_toolbox,@commands_toolbox@" ...: This sed fixes building with GCC 4.8.

Contents

Installed Programs: inkscape and inkview
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directory: /usr/share/inkscape

Short Descriptions

inkscape

an SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) editing program.

inkview

is a simple program for displaying SVG files.

Last updated on 2013-09-07 13:44:55 -0700