## page was renamed from Artwork/Incoming/HowToCompileInkscape
## page was renamed from Artwork/Incoming/HowToInkscapeCompile
||<tablestyle="float:right; font-size: 0.9em; width:30%; background:#F1F1ED; background-image: url('http://librarian.launchpad.net/2980250/Emblem-16.png'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position:  98% 0.5ex; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; padding: 0.5em;"><<TableOfContents>>||

The default installation of Inkscape will always be a few revisions behind the bleeding edge.  If you want those newer features, this is a brief guide as to how to compile it locally.  Thanks to '''j michaelson''' for this guide.

= Building Inkscape for the First Time =

== Install Required Dependencies ==
You will require the following packages, as given by the installation line following:
{{{
sudo apt-get install automake build-essential subversion intltool liblcms1-dev libtool libgtkmm-2.4-dev libglib2.0-dev libpng12-dev libxslt1-dev libsigc++-2.0-dev libpopt-dev libgc-dev libgsl0-dev libboost-dev
}}}

== Obtain Recent Sources ==
We will use subversion to get the source files.
{{{
svn checkout https://svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/inkscape/inkscape/trunk inkscape
}}}

== Build the Binary Executable Image ==
Now we must {{{cd}}} into the directory it just created, and build the package with the following lines:
{{{
./autogen.sh
./configure
make
sudo make install
}}}

This should now provide you with a bleeding edge version of Inkscape.

= Subsequent Builds of Inkscape =

== Update the Source Tree ==
First we need to {{{cd}}} into the Inkscape source directory that we created above.  Once there we simply perform the following command to update the file structure:
{{{
svn update
}}}

== Build the Newer Binary Executable Image ==

This is identical to the above step:
{{{
./autogen.sh
./configure
make
sudo make install
}}}

= Optional Inkscape Compile Settings =
Inkscape offers a few features not enabled by default when you issue the {{{ ./configure }}} command alone.  Two of the more interesting ones are "Inkboard" and the "Little Color Management System".

== Inkboard ==
Inkscape has a built in collaborative feature titled "Inkboard" that allows you to share your ideas across a network connection with someone else utilizing Inkscape. If you would like to enable SSL support for inkboard you will require the "libssl-dev" library. To install the development library for SSL support, issue  {{{ sudo apt-get install libssl-dev }}}. To enable inkboard prior to the compile, add "--enable-inkboard" to the above {{{ ./configure }}} commands ie. {{{ ./configure --enable-inkboard <other options> }}}


== Little Color Management System ==
If you are interested in having color management integrated into Inkscape you will need to enable this option.  In addition to this, you will require the "liblcms1-dev" library.  To install the development library, issue {{{ sudo apt-get install liblcms1-dev }}}.  To enable lcms prior to the compile, add "--enable-lcms" to the above {{{ ./configure }}} commands ie. {{{ ./configure --enable-lcms <other options> }}}


'''Sub-pages :''' <<Navigation(children,1)>>
----
CategoryArtwork