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quaelgeist

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Registered: 2014-04-14

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[SOLVED] Inkscape cannot save as XCF

Hello guys.

I managed this before, but I cannot reproduce.

When I try to save an image in Inscape I get the following error:

(translated into English):
This Requirement requires "python-lxml". You will find it on "http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/lxml/" or using your package manager (for example: sudo apt-get install python-lxml)

I installed the library Inkscape mentioned, "python-lxml" (3.4.1-1), but the error still occurs. I know there is another library missing, but it seems impossible to find out what exactly is missing here. Inkscape does not help me.

Last edited by quaelgeist (2014-12-27 13:28:41)

Xyne

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Re: [SOLVED] Inkscape cannot save as XCF

You should always check the optional dependencies with Pacman when some functionality is "missing":

$ pacman -Si inkscape
...
Optional Deps  : pstoedit: latex formulas
                 texlive-core: latex formulas
                 python2-numpy: some extensions
                 python2-lxml: some extensions and filters

Inkscape apparently uses Python 2. You need to install python2-lxml.

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quaelgeist

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Registered: 2014-04-14

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Re: [SOLVED] Inkscape cannot save as XCF

Thank you so much! I Did not know this parameter.