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This walkthrough assumes you have some familiarity with Linux commands.
This walkthrough assumes you have some familiarity with Linux commands.


* Modify the APT configuration to include source packages. Open the file <code>/etc/apt/sources.list</code> and duplicate both lines there, then change the first word from <code>deb</code> to <code>deb-src</code>. Example file after modification:
* Modify the APT configuration to include source packages. This step is needed to use APT's <code>build-dep</code> command. Open the file <code>/etc/apt/sources.list</code> and duplicate both lines there, then change the first word from <code>deb</code> to <code>deb-src</code>. Example file content after modification:


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* Install Git: <code>sudo apt install git</code>
* Install Git: <code>sudo apt install git</code>
* Install build dependencies for Inkscape: <code>...</code>
* Install build dependencies for Inkscape: <code>sudo apt build-dep inkscape</code>
** Install dependencies that are newly added in the master branch: <code>sudo apt install libsoup2.4-dev libgtkmm-3.0-dev libgtkspellmm-3.0-dev</code>
* Create a new default SSH key: <code>ssh-keygen</code> (you can just hit Enter for every question)
* Create a new default SSH key: <code>ssh-keygen</code> (you can just hit Enter for every question)
* Add the public key to your GitLab account. One way is to use the command <code>cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub</code>, select the text (it is automatically copied to the clipboard) and paste it into the text box on the website.
* Add the newly generated public key to your GitLab account. One way is to use the command <code>cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub</code>, 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: <code>git clone git@gitlab.com:inkscape/inkscape.git</code>
* Check out the source in a directory of your choice: <code>git clone git@gitlab.com:inkscape/inkscape.git</code>
** This will take some time, because the Inkscape repo is multiple gigabytes.
* Run the GTest download script: <code>./download-gtest.sh</code>
* Run the GTest download script: <code>./download-gtest.sh</code>
* <code>mkdir build && cd build && cmake ..</code>
* <code>mkdir build && cd build && cmake ..</code>
* <code>make -j4</code>
* <code>make -j4</code>

Revision as of 19:10, 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. This step is needed to use APT's build-dep command. Open the file /etc/apt/sources.list and duplicate both lines there, then change the first word from deb to deb-src. Example file content 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: sudo apt build-dep inkscape
    • Install dependencies that are newly added in the master branch: sudo apt install libsoup2.4-dev libgtkmm-3.0-dev libgtkspellmm-3.0-dev
  • Create a new default SSH key: ssh-keygen (you can just hit Enter for every question)
  • Add the newly generated 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: git clone git@gitlab.com:inkscape/inkscape.git
    • This will take some time, because the Inkscape repo is multiple gigabytes.
  • Run the GTest download script: ./download-gtest.sh
  • mkdir build && cd build && cmake ..
  • make -j4