Oops. Now I have homework.
I will forge ahead and see if I can build Inkscape here in the 19th century. If so, I will document the libraries which I used, their versions and the apparent build order. I can then publish that information, but it will have a finite life-time as with the information referenced above.
I don't believe it, but I am looking at Inkscape 0.47 running on my RedHat #4 machine.
- I had to download and compile 21 separate components and many of them multiple times before I found versions I could work with.
- I have a build order.
- Some of the components built without issue, but a number of them required pampering. I've written it all down.
- I have a list of environment variables which I had to set to trick it all into working.
What would you like me to do with this information?
Bill