Hi,
I have just joined this list because I get the following error whenver I ./configure InkScape (inkscape-0.41.tar.gz version) :
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- checking gc.h usability... no checking gc.h presence... no checking for gc.h... no checking gc/gc.h usability... no checking gc/gc.h presence... no checking for gc/gc.h... no configure: error: libgc (the Boehm Conservative Collector) 6.4+, is needed to compile inkscape -- http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I did downloaded gc from ftp://parcftp.xerox.com/pub/gc/gc.tar.Z then, upon carefully reading the ./configure error message's requirement (gc 6.4+), downloaded gc 6.5 again from http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/gc_source/gc6.5.tar.gz and configure/make/make installed it under my home directory with appropriate prefixes (and bindir, libdir, etc. options). I then tried to ./configure/make/make installed InkScape similarly (under my home directory), giving it all the usual options (libdir, includedir, etc) but ./configure still fails. I want to build from source to install it in a directory under my home directory and don't want to install InkScape from any RPMs.
2ND Question: I have used InkScape a bit before (albeit on Windows) and found that InkScape's freehand pencil tool, and even the calligraphic pen (pencil?) tool, is not as good as that of the SodiPodi. SodiPodi's pencil tool has very smooth flow and momentum and a free-hand pencil artist (who is somewhat good with the mouse as well) can easily make strokes comfortably and smoothly. Can similary flow momentum be incorporated into InkScape as well? I read somewhere that InkScape originated from SodiPodi. Why didn't the smooth flow get incorporated as well? I am not saying that InkScape's pencil/Calligraphic tool doesn't work at all - just not as smoothly as SodiPodi's pencil does. Those who are freehand pencil artist can readily understand my problem.
I would highly appreciate if you give me a quick solution to the GC problem. Why InkScape's configure can't find gc? It is looking for GC in the source "gc" directory as it can be seen from the messages pasted above. How can I make InkScape's configure look for gc in the directory where I installed it (under my home directory, that is)?
-- Thanks and regards
Asif Lodhi