Hey eveyone,
I am looking for a solution to convert svg files to pdf on AWS lambda.
Since inkscape has a commandline interface, it seems to be a good choice.
But for this to work inkscape would have to run on a headless linux system. No X11, not gtk etc.
So I am wondering, can inkscape be modified so that it can compile in "Headless" mode.
I looked at the inkscape code, and at a first glance it does not seemt to be sooo simple.
Can anyone estimate if this makes sense and how much work this would be?
Thanks! Nathan
Inkscape is used in headless on openclipart.org and I've attempted to compile inkscape myself but got stuck on an older machine (Centos6 in this case) so I wasn't able to get it work.
But, having the gtk libraries doesn't require xorg, you could compile gdk for broadway or some other light backend instead. I wish I knew which method OC used.
Maybe the best way to do it is to make a local compile and install everything in it's own opt directory. So your gtk build doesn't get installed globally.
Let us know if you manage to get it installed and which method you used.
Best Regards, Martin Owens
On Sun, 2016-12-25 at 13:55 +0100, Nathan Hüsken wrote:
Hey eveyone,
I am looking for a solution to convert svg files to pdf on AWS lambda.
Since inkscape has a commandline interface, it seems to be a good choice.
But for this to work inkscape would have to run on a headless linux system. No X11, not gtk etc.
So I am wondering, can inkscape be modified so that it can compile in "Headless" mode.
I looked at the inkscape code, and at a first glance it does not seemt to be sooo simple.
Can anyone estimate if this makes sense and how much work this would be?
Thanks! Nathan
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On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 03:02:29PM +0000, Martin Owens wrote:
Inkscape is used in headless on openclipart.org and I've attempted to compile inkscape myself but got stuck on an older machine (Centos6 in this case) so I wasn't able to get it work.
But, having the gtk libraries doesn't require xorg, you could compile gdk for broadway or some other light backend instead. I wish I knew which method OC used.
Maybe the best way to do it is to make a local compile and install everything in it's own opt directory. So your gtk build doesn't get installed globally.
Let us know if you manage to get it installed and which method you used.
Another option might be to look at xvfb.
Best Regards, Martin Owens
On Sun, 2016-12-25 at 13:55 +0100, Nathan Hüsken wrote:
Hey eveyone,
I am looking for a solution to convert svg files to pdf on AWS lambda.
Since inkscape has a commandline interface, it seems to be a good choice.
But for this to work inkscape would have to run on a headless linux system. No X11, not gtk etc.
So I am wondering, can inkscape be modified so that it can compile in "Headless" mode.
I looked at the inkscape code, and at a first glance it does not seemt to be sooo simple.
Can anyone estimate if this makes sense and how much work this would be?
Thanks! Nathan
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