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Revision as of 02:13, 5 March 2019
Chrome OS offers beta support for Linux apps on some Chromebook models starting with version 69. The Linux environment on Chrome OS is called Crostini and is basically a virtual machine that runs Debian with a few custom packages. It can be used to run and develop Inkscape.
Supported hardware
Inkscape can only be compiled on Chromebooks that support Linux apps. There is a list available on the Crostini subreddit's wiki. Pixelbook, Pixel Slate and several other premium Chromebook models are known to work and include both x86-64 and ARM64 models. 32-bit ARM and Intel Chromebooks are not supported.
Walkthrough
This walkthrough assumes you have some familiarity with Linux commands.
- Modify the APT configuration to include source packages. Open the file
/etc/apt/sources.list
and duplicate both lines there, then change the first word fromdeb
todeb-src
. Example file after modification:
deb https://deb.debian.org/debian stretch main deb-src https://deb.debian.org/debian stretch main deb https://deb.debian.org/debian-security stretch/updates main deb-src https://deb.debian.org/debian-security stretch/updates main
- Install Git:
sudo apt install git
- Install build dependencies for Inkscape:
...
- Create a new default SSH key:
ssh-keygen
(you can just hit Enter for every question) - Add the public key to your GitLab account. One way is to use the command
cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
, select the text (it is automatically copied to the clipboard) and paste it into the text box on the website. - Check out the source in a directory of your choice. This will take some time:
git clone git@gitlab.com:inkscape/inkscape.git
- Run the GTest download script:
./download-gtest.sh
mkdir build && cd build && cmake ..
make -j4