Hello. I downloaded Inkscape and installed in my PC without any problem. I use a Dell 8400, Windows XP, Japanese version. When I run Inkscape I get these errors:
Extension "AI Input" failed to load because a dependency was not met. Dependency:: type: executable location: absolute string: /usr/bin/perl
Extension "AI Output" failed to load because a dependency was not met. Dependency:: type: executable location: path string: pstoedit
Extension "Dia Input" failed to load because a dependency was not met. Dependency:: type: executable location: path string: dia description: In order to import Dia files, Dia itself must be installed. You can get Dia at http://somesite.com
Extension "EPSI Output" failed to load because a dependency was not met. Dependency:: type: executable location: path string: ps2epsi
Extension "EPS Input" failed to load because a dependency was not met. Dependency:: type: executable location: path string: gs
Extension "GIMP Gradients" failed to load because a dependency was not met. Dependency:: type: plugin location: path string: gimpgrad
Extension "Grid" failed to load because a dependency was not met. Dependency:: type: plugin location: path string: grid
Extension "Postscript Input" failed to load because a dependency was not met. Dependency:: type: executable location: path string: pstoedit
Extension "Sketch Input" failed to load because a dependency was not met. Dependency:: type: executable location: path string: skconvert
Extension "SVGZ Output" failed to load because a dependency was not met. Dependency:: type: executable location: path string: gzip
Extension "Text Input" failed to load because a dependency was not met. Dependency:: type: executable location: absolute string: /usr/bin/perl
Extension "Windows Metafile Input" failed to load because a dependency was not met. Dependency:: type: executable location: path string: wmf2svg
What is the problem? I hope anybody can help me.
Mark
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Hi Mark,
I think these messages are "harmless" in a certain sense. They say that some additional functionality in Inkscape (which is implemented as external extensions) would not be available on your system because some (external) programs on which this functionality depends could not be found. So, I would suggest you ignore these messages.
Others on the list: do we really *have* to show extensions failing to load when somebody first starts Inkscape? It really presents a "Ugh; this program is so broken" impression to a new user when really nothing that awful has happenned! This topic was brought on this list before but IIRC, there was no resolution. Can this not be recorded in some log somewhere? And shown only when a particular extension is actually BEING PUT TO USE?
Thanks, Ashwin
On 6/18/05, mark smith <inkscapeuser@...36...> wrote:
Hello. I downloaded Inkscape and installed in my PC without any problem. I use a Dell 8400, Windows XP, Japanese version. When I run Inkscape I get these errors:
Extension "AI Input" failed to load because a dependency was not met. Dependency:: type: executable location: absolute string: /usr/bin/perl
Extension "AI Output" failed to load because a dependency was not met. Dependency:: type: executable location: path string: pstoedit
Extension "Dia Input" failed to load because a dependency was not met. Dependency:: type: executable location: path string: dia description: In order to import Dia files, Dia itself must be installed. You can get Dia at http://somesite.com
Extension "EPSI Output" failed to load because a dependency was not met. Dependency:: type: executable location: path string: ps2epsi
Extension "EPS Input" failed to load because a dependency was not met. Dependency:: type: executable location: path string: gs
Extension "GIMP Gradients" failed to load because a dependency was not met. Dependency:: type: plugin location: path string: gimpgrad
Extension "Grid" failed to load because a dependency was not met. Dependency:: type: plugin location: path string: grid
Extension "Postscript Input" failed to load because a dependency was not met. Dependency:: type: executable location: path string: pstoedit
Extension "Sketch Input" failed to load because a dependency was not met. Dependency:: type: executable location: path string: skconvert
Extension "SVGZ Output" failed to load because a dependency was not met. Dependency:: type: executable location: path string: gzip
Extension "Text Input" failed to load because a dependency was not met. Dependency:: type: executable location: absolute string: /usr/bin/perl
Extension "Windows Metafile Input" failed to load because a dependency was not met. Dependency:: type: executable location: path string: wmf2svg
What is the problem? I hope anybody can help me.
Mark
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Ashwin Bharambe wrote:
Hi Mark,
I think these messages are "harmless" in a certain sense. They say that some additional functionality in Inkscape (which is implemented as external extensions) would not be available on your system because some (external) programs on which this functionality depends could not be found. So, I would suggest you ignore these messages.
Others on the list: do we really *have* to show extensions failing to load when somebody first starts Inkscape? It really presents a "Ugh; this program is so broken" impression to a new user when really nothing that awful has happenned! This topic was brought on this list before but IIRC, there was no resolution. Can this not be recorded in some log somewhere? And shown only when a particular extension is actually BEING PUT TO USE?
Thanks, Ashwin
I somewhat agree. The extensions architecture is a "work in progress," so it can be expected that one or more of the items in Inkscape are not yet functional. It -IS- only version 0.42, after all. ;-) . So we can be expected to fail in some things, but it is good to not bother or confuse the user too much.
However, when the item fails, we need to generate the information, so that he/she can tell us what Inkscape claimed the problem to be. I am in favor of redirecting these messages (only for now) from a dialog to the Message console or logging function, so that the user is not confused by the "soft" error, but we still get the debugging information that we need. Maybe this has already happened?
We are, after all, Open Source, and are in collaboration with our users. Analogous to shareware, the currency we would like to receive from Inkscape users is debug information that helps us to improve the product.
Bob (ishmal)
On Sat, 2005-06-18 at 20:02, Ashwin Bharambe wrote:
Others on the list: do we really *have* to show extensions failing to load when somebody first starts Inkscape? It really presents a "Ugh; this program is so broken" impression to a new user when really nothing that awful has happenned! This topic was brought on this list before but IIRC, there was no resolution.
Actually I disabled the display of that dialog on startup in CVS a few weeks back.
There's no way I was going to let us do another release with it.
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