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How to install InkScape 0.92 on Ubuntu 18.04

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To install InkScape 0.92 on Ubuntu 18.04
Inkscape is an open source drawing and painting tool similar to CorelDraw, Illustrator, Xara X, and Photoshop. It is widely used in all form of OS. It contains many features like Cairo rendering for display and PNG export, C++ code conversion, Cross-platform WMF and EMF import and export and Substantial memory savings. This tutorial covers the installation procedure of InkScape on Ubuntu 18.04.


Features
&bull Cairo rendering for display and PNG export
&bull OpenMP multithreading for all filters
&bull C++ code conversion
&bull Color display mode added

Installation

Update the system repository using the following command

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease
Hit:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease               
Hit:3 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease               
Hit:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease       
Hit:5 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease
Reading package lists... Done

Install the InkScape package using the following command

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install inkscape -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  cpp-7 fig2dev gawk gcc-7-base gcc-8-base imagemagick-6-common libatkmm-1.6-1v5 libblas3 libcairomm-1.0-1v5 libcc1-0 libgcc1 libgfortran4 libglibmm-2.4-1v5 libgomp1 libgsl23 libgslcblas0
  libgtkmm-2.4-1v5 libgtkspell0 libimage-magick-perl libimage-magick-q16-perl liblapack3 libmagick++-6.q16-7 libpangomm-1.4-1v5 libperl5.26 libpotrace0 libquadmath0 libsigc++-2.0-0v5 libsigsegv2
  libstdc++6 libvisio-0.1-1 libwmf-bin libwpd-0.10-10 libwpg-0.3-3 perl perl-base perl-modules-5.26 python-bs4 python-chardet python-html5lib python-lxml python-numpy python-pkg-resources python-scour
  python-webencodings python3-scour scour transfig
Suggested packages:
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update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/lapack/liblapack.so.3 to provide /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblapack.so.3 (liblapack.so.3-x86_64-linux-gnu) in auto mode
Setting up fig2dev (1:3.2.6a-6ubuntu1) ...
Setting up python-numpy (1:1.13.3-2ubuntu1) ...
Setting up cpp-7 (7.3.0-16ubuntu3) ...
Setting up perl (5.26.1-6ubuntu0.1) ...
Setting up transfig (1:3.2.6a-6ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libglibmm-2.4-1v5:amd64 (2.56.0-1) ...
Setting up python-html5lib (0.999999999-1) ...
Setting up libatkmm-1.6-1v5:amd64 (2.24.2-3) ...
Setting up libimage-magick-q16-perl (8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.2) ...
Setting up libpangomm-1.4-1v5:amd64 (2.40.1-4) ...
Setting up libgtkmm-2.4-1v5:amd64 (1:2.24.5-2) ...
Setting up inkscape (0.92.3-1) ...
Setting up libimage-magick-perl (8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.2) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.27-0ubuntu2) ...

Once Installation is done you can access the InkScape from the Menu as shown here
ubuntu_menu

InkScape application
inkscape

The version of InkScape can be found in Help-> About
inkscpae_version

With this, the method to install InkScape on Ubuntu 18.04 comes to an end.

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Frequently asked questions ( 5 )

Q

Can Inkscape create webpages?

A

Many webpage authors use Inkscape for webpage mockups or to generate parts of web pages, such as banners, logos, icons, and more.

With the recent advances in SVG support in web browsers, using SVG directly on the web becomes more of a possibility. Most modern browsers can now display SVG images. In theory, SVG and XHTML can be used together within the same document, so interested users or developers can explore this possibility further.

Q

What is inkscape?

A

Inkscape is an open source drawing and painting tool similar to CorelDraw, Illustrator,
Xara X, and Photoshop. It is widely used in all form of OS. It contains many features
like Cairo rend

Q

How did Inkscape start?

A

Inkscape was started as a fork of Sodipodi, in late 2003, by four Sodipodi developers: Bryce Harrington, MenTaLguY, Nathan Hurst, and Ted Gould. Our mission was creating a fully compliant Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) drawing tool written in C++ with a new, more user-friendly (GNOME Human Interface Guidelines (HIG) compliant) interface and an open, community-oriented development process. Within several months the project had produced several releases, demonstrating a sequence of significant new features and improvements to the codebase and quickly established Inkscape as a noteworthy Open Source project.

Q

What platforms does Inkscape run on?

A

We provide source tarballs for Linux (binary packages are offered by the distributor) as well as flatpak and snap packages and a ppa for Ubuntu, packages for Windows (32bit and 64bit, portable app, fully self-contained installer, binary without installation), and Mac OS X (DMG, also MacPorts, Homebrew provided by community members). We know that Inkscape is successfully used on FreeBSD and other Unix-like operating systems. Note that Windows 98/Me and 2000 are no longer supported.

Q

How to install InkScape 0.92 on Ubuntu?

A

Run the following command:
# apt-get install inkscape

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