EDIT: I DID ITI did a terminal!

[not_a_label@toot.lgbt]

@JenJen yep… it’ll then ask for your password and off you go

[madagascar_sky@mastodon.social]

@JenJen @not_a_label

sudo - do as super user
apt - app management tool
install - install
inkscape - the program to install

[soulsource@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@JenJen @serebit It's an interface to the Debian Package Manager.

The Debian Package Manager is the preferred way to manage software package installations on Mint. There are other interfaces for it too. Most desktops also come with a graphical interface for it, I just don't know by heart how that GUI tool is called on Mint.

If you are coming from Windows: `apt` is basically the Debian/Ubuntu/Mint/... equivalent to Windows' `winget` command.

[fran@pipou.academy]

@JenJen Hello!

When searching for program on your computer, Mint should have some "software catalog" that could be use to explore and install software provided by the Mint community. Inkscape should be their

[revpancakes@hachyderm.io]

@JenJen Inkscape is in flathub (https://flathub.org/en-GB/apps/org.inkscape.Inkscape ) so you should be able hit install from the site.

Newer Mint versions should have flathub enabled by default but if it doesn’t you can go to your graphical appstore and enable it in settings.

[serebit@floss.social]

@JenJen Sorry I'm super deep in the Linux sauce. If you have an App Store/Software Manager/GNOME Software/KDE Discover installed, just open that, search for Inkscape, and hit install.

[halla@kde.social]

@JenJen This is probably easiest: https://inkscape.org/release/inkscape-1.4.3/gnulinux/appimage/dl/ -- then download it and, if needed, right-click in your file manager and make it executable, then click or double-click.

There are other options, like flathub, or your distro repo, but those are more complicated.

[cyberbeni@mastodon.art]

@JenJen you can just open "software manager" and type it into the search. There will be 2 versions, 1 regular and 1 from Flathub. The Flathub version downloads all dependencies separately and runs in a sandbox (better for software you don't trust). The regular version installs the dependencies system-wide (so multiple programs can reuse it, saving space) and has access to all files that your user can access(= doesn't run in a sandbox).

[void@social.voidkvlt.eu]

@JenJen But if you want the very latest version, and don't want to have to install anything else to make things work:

Go to https://inkscape.org/release/1.4.3/gnulinux/
then download the AppImage,
open its download location in your file manager,
right click on it
open its Properties
Select the permissions tab
Tick the Allow executing file as a program box
Close the window
Double click on the AppImage file to run it

(I'm on a slightly different Debian-descendent OS, but I think this is the right set of steps for Mint - apologies if I'm off about the location of permissions, but it should be enough to get you there with a bit of observation)

Also, oops, accidentally used the lewd account to discuss Linux.

[sylvhem@eldritch.cafe]

@halla @JenJen I honestly strongly advise against doing this. Inskcape is available inside Mint repositories. It is the simplest and safest method to install it.

[doctormo@floss.social]

@JenJen

Was this from the PPA or are the repos up to date these days for 1.4.3?

@not_a_label @Madagascar_Sky

[halla@kde.social]

@Sylvhem @JenJen Um... Sure, sure, sure. But you forgot to tell Jen_Jen how to actually install stuff from the Mint repos, preferably without using the terminal?

Without telling people how to use those "repos", and without telling people why you are advising against using the project-provided, signed, safe download, you're just confusing people.

[doctormo@floss.social]

@Sylvhem @halla

I would like to reinforce the recommendation against using the AppImage for production use. We in the Inkscape project are well aware of the limitations and have it as a format useful for testing fixes while in development, and as a last ditch effort when everything else fails for your BSD or linux distro. etc.

@JenJen

[halla@kde.social]

@doctormo @Sylvhem @JenJen Yeah, well... But try to explain that trying flathub gives this:

[halla@kde.social]

@doctormo @Sylvhem @JenJen What software manager? Where do you look in that software manager. What is a flatpakref file? I've used Linux since 1993, and _I do not know_.

If the store has a button that says "Install", it should install. Not give instructions.

(Mind, I do not use Mint, but Kubuntu, but this was supposed to be universal, wasn't it?)

[mindpersephone@spookygirl.boo]

@JenJen

Edit: now that you have it working we should be providing the most unhinged ways possible to install it right?


go to the Inkscape website and download the snap package and "just" run it.

(You should probably do the local package manager thing really but I like providing more options, and sometimes there is a delay before the package repo gets the newest versions)

[madagascar_sky@mastodon.social]

@doctormo @JenJen @not_a_label

Can you please vet if this advice is still true? I think the first comment is the right approach.

(www.reddit.com)

[soulsource@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@JenJen @serebit In general, if you are wondering what a certain command does, it doesn't hurt to check the manual:
`man <command>`

So, to learn about `apt`, it would be
`man apt`.

There is also the `info` command, which sometimes contains more, or better structured information than the manual page.

And to search for a keyword in manual page's short descriptions, for instance if you don't know a command name, you can use the `apropos` command.

[catdad@ohai.social]

@JenJen Congrats! Using the terminal isn't as daunting as it's made out to be, imho. A little patience and attention is all that's really needed.

[doctormo@floss.social]

@halla

I thought Ubuntu flavours were hostile to Flatpaks, preferring snaps. I don't recommend snap inkscape either btw; but this is why we do the PPA so folks in ubuntu land can get access to the latest stable release without waiting for flatpak, snap, or some other distribution disaster. Sorry about all this.

Inkscape 1.4.3 - GNU/Linux : Ubuntu : ppa | Inkscape

None - Personal Package Archive for Ubuntu

(inkscape.org)

Though thinking about it, it sounds like mint broke with ubuntu and went to flatpaks? Curious.

@Sylvhem @JenJen