How to install Inkscape on Debian 9.0

To install Inkscape on Debian 9.0

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 explains the installation procedure of Inkscape on Debian 9.0.

Installation procedure

Before starting the installation procedure, add the repo by using nano command to open the sources.list configuration file. Enter the following content in the file and save it.

root@debian:~# nano /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-security stable/updates main
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian-security stable/updates main

deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports main
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports main

Once the required repo is added, update the apt sources.list file by executing the apt-get update command.

root@linuxhelppp:~# apt-get update
Ign:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable InRelease
Get:2 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports InRelease [91.8 kB]
Hit:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable-updates InRelease
Get:4 http://deb.debian.org/debian-security stable/updates InRelease [62.9 kB]       
Get:5 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports/main Sources [86.5 kB]
Get:6 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports/main amd64 Packages [137 kB]              
Hit:7 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable Release      
Get:8 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports/main Translation-en [71.9 kB]
Get:10 http://deb.debian.org/debian-security stable/updates/main Sources [60.9 kB]                 
Get:11 http://deb.debian.org/debian-security stable/updates/main amd64 Packages [155 kB]
Get:12 http://deb.debian.org/debian-security stable/updates/main Translation-en [70.1 kB]
Fetched 736 kB in 2s (337 kB/s)                               
Reading package lists... Done
root@linuxhelppp:~#

The repositories are added to the system. Next install the Inkscape package by running the following command.

root@linuxhelppp:~# apt-get install inkscape
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
  dia | dia-gnome libsvg-perl libxml-xql-perl pstoedit python-uniconvertor
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  inkscape
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 33 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/17.2 MB of archives.
After this operation, 133 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously unselected package inkscape.
(Reading database ... 197745 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../inkscape_0.92.1-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking inkscape (0.92.1-1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-9) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-1) ...
Setting up inkscape (0.92.1-1) ...
root@linuxhelppp:~#

The Inkscape is installed in the target system. Once the package is installed, click on the activities window and type the package name. Click on the icon to run the application.

The installation procedure of Inkscape is done successfully.