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thejavascriptman

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Registered: 2020-02-11

Posts: 25

[SOLVED] Inkscape needs additional packages in order to perform som...

Inkscape needs additional packages in order to perform some operations

Can not create Optimized SVG

Steps to reproduce:
* Open Inkscape
* Draw anything e.g. create a rectangle
* Go to File > Save As and pick "Optimized SVG"

Expected behavior:
Inkscape creates an Optimized SVG without any issue

Actual behavior:
Inkscape can not create Optimized SVG unless python-lxml and scour are installed

Can not generate gear

Steps to reproduce:
* Open Inkscape
* Go to Extensions > Render > Gear > Gear

Expected behavior:
Inkscape displays the gear generator dialog

Actual behavior:
Inkscape can not display gear generator dialog unless python-lxml and scour are installed

Last edited by thejavascriptman (2020-06-01 11:52:20)

philo

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Registered: 2015-01-26

Posts: 275

Re: [SOLVED] Inkscape needs additional packages in order to perform som...

Did you try to install the options which are available?

thejavascriptman

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Registered: 2020-02-11

Posts: 25

Re: [SOLVED] Inkscape needs additional packages in order to perform som...

What options are you talking about? you mean python-lxml and scour?

Sorry if I wasn't clear enough, I wanted to show that python-lxml and scour are required by Inkscape and they should be installed as dependencies of the `inkscape` package.

Last edited by thejavascriptman (2020-06-01 11:10:14)

loqs

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Registered: 2014-03-06

Posts: 18,891

Re: [SOLVED] Inkscape needs additional packages in order to perform som...

pacman -Si inkscape
Repository      : extra
Name            : inkscape
Version         : 1.0-4
Description     : Professional vector graphics editor
Architecture    : x86_64
URL             : https://inkscape.org/
Licenses        : GPL  LGPL
Groups          : None
Provides        : None
Depends On      : aspell  dbus-glib  double-conversion  gc  gdl  gsl  gtkmm3
                  gtkspell3  libcdr  libjpeg-turbo  libmagick6  libvisio
                  libxslt  poppler-glib  potrace  python  ttf-font
Optional Deps   : gvfs: import clip art
                  pstoedit: latex formulas
                  python-lxml: some extensions
                  python-numpy: some extensions
                  scour: optimized SVG output, some extensions
                  texlive-core: latex formulas
Conflicts With  : None
Replaces        : None
Download Size   : 17.87 MiB
Installed Size  : 154.35 MiB
Packager        : Gaetan Bisson <bisson@archlinux.org>
Build Date      : Mon 25 May 2020 22:40:44 UTC
Validated By    : MD5 Sum  SHA-256 Sum  Signature

thejavascriptman

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Registered: 2020-02-11

Posts: 25

Re: [SOLVED] Inkscape needs additional packages in order to perform som...

Ahh, didn't know about `pacman -Qi`, thank you!

Last edited by thejavascriptman (2020-06-01 11:51:15)

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 13,726

Re: [SOLVED] Inkscape needs additional packages in order to perform som...

You didn't have to know about it, pacman told you these things when you installed inkscape. Paying attention to what pacman tells you is not optional.