How To Install inkscape on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install inkscape on Debian 10.
What is inkscape
inkscape is:
Inkscape is an illustration editor which has everything needed to create professional-quality computer art. You can use it to make diagrams and illustrations, technical drawings, web graphics, clip art, icons and logos. A collection of hands-on tutorials show you how to combine lines, shapes and text of different types and styles to build up a picture.
A selection of powerful vector graphics editing tools comes as standard. There is excellent support for paths, gradients, layers, alpha transparency and text flow control. An extensive library of filters allow you to apply realistic effects and extensions allow you to work with bitmaps, barcodes and printing marks, amongst other things.
Most of the common vector formats are supported, including PDF, Adobe Illustrator and AutoCAD files, and it has unrivalled support for the SVG web graphics standard.
Between the suggested packages:
- dia: to export Dia shapes;
- libsvg-perl: to import .txt files (txt2svg extension);
- libxml-xql-perl: to use the shadow effect;
- python-uniconvertor: enables several import/export extensions;
- pstoedit: to work with eps files;
- ruby: there are several extensions written in ruby;
There are three methods to install inkscape on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install inkscape Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install inkscape using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install inkscape
Install inkscape Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install inkscape using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install inkscape
Install inkscape Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install inkscape using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install inkscape
How To Uninstall inkscape on Debian 10
To uninstall only the inkscape package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove inkscape
Uninstall inkscape And Its Dependencies
To uninstall inkscape and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove inkscape
Remove inkscape Configurations and Data
To remove inkscape configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge inkscape
Remove inkscape configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove inkscape configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge inkscape
Dependencies
inkscape have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install inkscape package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.