Mike Hearn wrote:
On Mon, 03 Jul 2006 22:34:01 -0500, Terry Hancock wrote:
- apt-get install alien
This solves nothing, if the autopackage refuses to install he'll most likely have to upgrade GTK+ or some other intermediate library. The underlying problem is that Inkscape has higher minimum system requirements than Debian Sarge can satisfy.
Don't knock it, it works! The point is, I just did this the other day.
You will have to upgrade some libraries, possibly to testing. But AFAICT, the rpm with alien is the fastest way to get Inkscape working on Debian (there is no deb binary package).
You can't currently build it on Debian without a lot of headaches, because "apt-get build-dep inkscape" fails for any of the currently available targets (Sarge, Etch, or Sid). Which would mean having to *recompile* libraries, not just install the binaries. For somebody who just wants to get Inkscape running, this is the way to go.
Cheers, Terry