Hello, new to list. I tried to get help via the IRC (don't have gaim) and one chap there tried to help me, but in the end suggested I try this list.

SYSTEM: Fedora Core 3 : 2.6.12-1.1381_FC3 Machine : AMD i386, 1gig RAM, loads of drive space.

PROBLEM: Cannot run Inkscape 0.44

Yum repo only has 0.43 - usually DAG. It appears he tried to compile 0.44 and had some problems. So, no yum update for me (or any FC3 users)

Tried the Autopackage from the inkscape download page. It works in that it installs without overt error. Problem comes when trying to run inkscape: inkscape: /usr/bin/../lib/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by inkscape) inkscape: /usr/bin/../lib/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.4' not found (required by inkscape)

My system has those two exact filenames (libpng12.so.0 and libstdc++.so.6) so a fake link technique is not going to work.

I then tried to compile it. Harsh dependency errors. I don't have the time to go through the spin-cycle of sub-sub-sub compiles and yums to do that!

So, I am in a fix. No Inkscape and not much hope!

Any ideas?

EXTRA QUESTION: Is there some way to put a complete, runnable Inkscape into a single tar.gz file like they do with Thunderbird and Firefox? I have never struggled to install the latest versions of those two apps. Sure, they take forever to reach a yum distro, but at least I can go fetch the tar file and get on with my life! Inkscape 0.44 even works on my Windows, but it does not work on Linux! There's a terrible irony here somewhere...

Thanks, Donn.