I compile two ways in Ubuntu (8.10). This is after I do a "sudo apt-get build-dep inkscape" then install "libgsl*-dev" package to get all of the dependencies.

A. Compiling without making a deb package and without installing over the stable version (Ted Gould's method):

1. download latest from: http://inkscape.modevia.com/svn-snap/?M=D 2. extract archive 3. cd inkscape-xxxxx 4. ./autogen.sh 5. mkdir build 6. cd build 7. ../configure --prefix=`pwd`/../install 8. make install 9. run executable in /install/bin/inkscape

B. Compiling and making a deb package without installing the deb package automatically. Be careful, this will overwrite the stable version if installed.

1. download latest from: http://inkscape.modevia.com/svn-snap/?M=D 2. dh_make -r -s -p inkscape-svn 3. dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot 4. look for inkscape_XXXXXX-1_i386.deb to be in /home/user/ dir

I'm sure these instructions could be cleaned up a bit but they work for me.

heathenx

On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 5:41 PM, Kalman KHIRALY <khiraly123@...240...> wrote:

Dear list,

Im trying to build a .deb package to test out the greatest and newest feature of inkscape. I have read this documentation: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/CompilingDebian

I have downloaded the daily snapshot: http://inkscape.modevia.com/svn-snap/inkscape-current.tar.bz2

I followed the steps without success. I suspect, the documentation is outdated. There is no debian/ directory in the inkscape source. The inkscape does not use autoconfig but cmake if I see it correctly. So creating the debian/ directory using the dh_make command, and building the package fails. (make[1]: *** No rule to make target `clean'. Stop.)

So can somebody direct me to an updated documentation? How can I create a proper debian/ directory, and building the package with help of this directory? Using this command: dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us -rfakeroot

In summary a step-by-step tutorial would be really helpful! Im using ubuntu 8.10 currently.

Thank you in advance, Khiraly

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