Inkscape 1.0 App Image install

[meetdilip]

I don't know any other place to ask about this. I downloaded Inkscape 1.0 as soon as I saw it was available. I skipped snap due to earlier experience and downloaded the App Image. I used" chmod u+x and the double clicked the app image. Everything worked fine. I could use 1.0 now. Very happy.

Now I have to come back and double click the App Image every time I need to use 1.0. There is no entry in Kubuntu 20.04 graphics menu, neither are there any files in " .config " related to 1.0.

I am quite ok with clicking the App Image every time. But it would nice if there was an icon to click on in menu or desktop. Just for the ease of use case.

Any help will be great.

[rich2005]

(05-05-2020, 04:56 PM)meetdilip Wrote: I don't know any other place to ask about this. I downloaded Inkscape 1.0 as soon as I saw it was available. I skipped snap due to earlier experience and downloaded the App Image. I used" chmod u+x and the double clicked the app image. Everything worked fine. I could use 1.0 now. Very happy.

Now I have to come back and double click the App Image every time I need to use 1.0. There is no entry in Kubuntu 20.04 graphics menu, neither are there any files in " .config " related to 1.0.

I am quite ok with clicking the App Image every time. But it would nice if there was an icon to click on in menu or desktop. Just for the ease of use case.

Any help will be great.

A demo to help you add an a program to the KDE menu system https://youtu.be/kBxY94DuOiY  about 4 minutes.

Nothing in .config ? Should be an inkscape folder there.

There is KDE documentation for just about everything
https://docs.kde.org/trunk5/en/kde-works...index.html
https://docs.kde.org/trunk5/en/kde-works...index.html

For inkscape: Join their forum: https://inkscape.org/forums/ ahhh..... I see you already have

[meetdilip]

Thanks @rich2005

I already have the 0.92 version through " Discover ". I thought the " Inkscape " folder under .config is from 0.92 since I have not uninstalled it. With GIMP App Image it was easy. I had 2 GIMP entries when I search for GIMP. I was hoping that I will find 2 Inkscape 1.0 and 0.92.

What has gone wrong ? Shouldn't there be 2 Inkscape ?

[nelo]

I have one folder only as well... it takes my old inkscape folder and uses it for the Appimage as well.
(Linux Mint 19.2)

[meetdilip]

@nelo Thanks.

Quote:it takes my old inkscape folder and uses it for the Appimage as well.

Looks like it.

@rich2005 's video helped me out with the icon problem.

[rich2005]

(05-05-2020, 07:10 PM)meetdilip Wrote: I already have the 0.92 version through " Discover ". I thought the " Inkscape " folder under .config is from 0.92 since I have not uninstalled it. With GIMP App Image it was easy. I had 2 GIMP entries when I search for GIMP. I was hoping that I will find 2 Inkscape 1.0 and 0.92.

What has gone wrong ? Shouldn't there be 2 Inkscape ?

Who knows where "Discover" is concerned. I never use it.

A regular menu entry will just show inkscape
In a terminal use whereis inkscape and if there is a regular installation there will be a result /usr/bin/inkscape
My guess is you got a snap package. In a terminal use snap list to show what is installed.

examples https://i.imgur.com/kqSba4t.jpg

If it is a snap Inkscape installed, have a look in the snap folders for an inkscape.desktop file and copy to ~/.local/share/applications/
or make a new menu entry. Probably snap run inkscape as the command.

Packing in for the night - bye.

[meetdilip]

Code:

$ whereis inkscape
inkscape: /usr/bin/inkscape /usr/lib/inkscape /usr/share/inkscape /usr/share/man/man1/inkscape.1.gz

snap list doesn't show Inkscape.

But at the moment all is taken care of. That video was awesome. Good night.

[meetdilip]

Does anyone know what are the limitations in Inkscape Snap ?

Found the answer :

Quote:Note that the Inkscape snap package comes with a couple of restrictions. Some of these can be solved, and some are unavoidable due to the safety level of the packaging format:

custom markers and custom filters cannot be saved to the file where Inkscape is looking for them (which is /usr/share/inkscape/markers/markers.svg and /usr/share/inkscape/filters/filters.svg) in all Inkscape versions older than 1.0. This behavior cannot be changed.
extensions that depend on programs that are not linked with the Inkscape snap do not work (i.e. export as Gimp XCF, PDFLatex, ...). To work around this restriction you can do:
sudo snap remove inkscape
sudo snap install --classic inkscape
The --classic parameter will, though, also disable the security advantages that snap has over a normal, package based install or over the other binary install options for Linux.
by default, only files that are saved in the user's home directory are accessible to Inkscape
external devices, like plotters or cutters, will not be found by Inkscape (see here for solution or install with --classic parameter, see above)
fonts that you have installed globally on your system are not available (workaround: copy the font files into ~/.local/share/fonts)

https://inkscape.org/release/inkscape-1....x/snap/dl/