Hi,

I have downloaded .gz file, gunzipped, and tried installing by:

 ./configure
 (and so forth)

The configure complained as to:
> checking libgc version 6.4+... no
> configure: error: libgc (the Boehm Conservative Collector) 6.4+, is needed to compile inkscape -- http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc

So I went ahead and installed gc.  It seemed to have gone well.
Here's the tail end of what 'make install' told me:

> Libraries have been installed in:
>    /usr/local/lib

> If you ever happen to want to link against installed libraries
> in a given directory, LIBDIR, you must either use libtool, and
> specify the full pathname of the library, or use the `-LLIBDIR'
> flag during linking and do at least one of the following:
>    - add LIBDIR to the `LD_LIBRARY_PATH' environment variable
>      during execution
>    - add LIBDIR to the `LD_RUN_PATH' environment variable
>      during linking
>    - use the `-Wl,--rpath -Wl,LIBDIR' linker flag
>    - have your system administrator add LIBDIR to `/etc/ld.so.conf'

> See any operating system documentation about shared libraries for
> more information, such as the ld(1) and ld.so(8) manual pages.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> test -z "/usr/local/include" || mkdir -p -- "/usr/local/include"
>  /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 'include/gc.h' '/usr/local/include/gc.h'
>  /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 'include/gc_local_alloc.h' '/usr/local/include/gc_local_alloc.h'
>  /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 'include/gc_pthread_redirects.h' '/usr/local/include/gc_pthread_redirects.h'
>  /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 'include/gc_config_macros.h' '/usr/local/include/gc_config_macros.h'
>  /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 'include/leak_detector.h' '/usr/local/include/leak_detector.h'
>  /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 'include/gc_typed.h' '/usr/local/include/gc_typed.h'
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/gc/gc6.7'
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/gc/gc6.7'

So, I went back to inkscape's configure and tried the same thing as before.
It is telling me the same thing as before:
> checking libgc version 6.4+... no
> configure: error: libgc (the Boehm Conservative Collector) 6.4+, is needed to compile inkscape -- http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc

I looked at the configure script, but it is a bit too intimidating.
I would appreciate a tip as to what I have to do to alleviate the problem
and successfully finish the installation.

Thank you.

Tena Sakai
tsakai@...2019...