Extension requirements

2008-02-17T20:54:39Z

Alex: /* on Mac OS X */

== Setting Up Effects in Inkscape ==
For effects to work you need to be using inkscape .42 or later. 
For info about what effects can do, screenshots, and how to make your own go to [http://www.ekips.org/comp/inkscape/ Aarons Site] 
See also [[GettingExtensionsWorking]]. 

=== Unhide the Effects menu ===
(Only necessary in some versions of Inkscape. Between .41 and .45)

On the "Misc" tab of the "Inkscape Preferences" dialog check the box labeled "Enable script effects" (0.41+CVS onwards only)

Close and reopen Inkscape

== Python Effects ==
=== on Debian GNU / Linux ===
apt-get install python python-xml

=== on Microsoft Windows ===
[[GettingEffectsWorking/Windows]] Tutorial on Getting Effects to work on Windows

=== on Mac OS X ===

Mac OS X ships with python but without some packages that Inkscape uses: [http://pyxml.sourceforge.net/ pyXML] (which will be suppressed in version 0.46), [http://numpy.scipy.org/ numpy] and [http://codespeak.net/lxml/ lxml]. In version 0.46, Inkscape will ship with everything that's needed right into the app bundle.

==== Binary packages ====

Following steps work on Mac OS X Leopard (10.5.2) with Inkscape 0.45+devel
* Download http://inkscape.modevia.com/macosx-snap/Python-packages.dmg
* Copy the files in the 2.5 folder to /Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/

On OS X Panther or Tiger, you can install a binary version compiled by us with Python 2.3, downloadable with the development builds of Inkscape:
:http://inkscape.modevia.com/macosx-snap/?M=D
You need to copy the folders for numpy (numpy) and lxml (*lxml*.egg or lxml) to System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/lib/python2.3/site-packages (there is a link in the dmg on which the folders can be dropped).

==== Compiling from source ====
If you prefer, you can install them from source, it is really easy.

# download the source code from [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1369&package_id=175103 sourceforge numpy repository] or [http://codespeak.net/lxml/index.html#download lxml download section]
# unpack the <code>.tar.gz</code> file <pre>tar -xzf numpy***.tar.gz lxml***.tar.gz</pre>
# for each one <code>cd<code> into the newly created directory
# build C extensions and install (the install is system wide so you need administrator priviledges)<pre>sudo python setup.py install</pre>and type your password.

The packages are installed in the <code>site-packages</code> directory of your Python install. This is <code>/Library/Python/2.*/site-packages/<code> for the stock install of Python on Mac OS X.

== Perl Effects ==
=== on Debian GNU / Linux ===
apt-get install perl libxml-xql-perl

=== on Gentoo GNU / Linux ===
emerge -a XML-XQL

=== on Microsoft Windows ===
install [http://www.activestate.com/Products/Download/Download.plex?id=ActivePerl [[ActivePerl]]]
install XML::XQL::DOM (perhaps like this?)
1: install prereqs with ppm:
install xml-dom
install parse-yapp
install datemanip
2: download xml-xql from:
http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/T/TJ/TJMATHER/XML-XQL-0.68.tar.gz
3: open command prompt and locate perl"s lib directory with:
perl -e "print qq(@INC)" (mine was C:[[/Perl/site/lib]])
4: unpack xml-xql archive
5: copy contents of XML-XQL-*\lib\XML into C:\Perl\site\lib\XML
6: copy XML-XQL-*\XQLParser\Parser.pm to C:\Perl\site\lib\XML\XQL

== Plugin Effects ==
I have absolutely no idea. Please record your success here. :)

== What if it doesn't work? ==
Run Inkscape from the console

Use the error messges printed to the console to diagnose the problem (very often missing dependencies)

On Windows you will have to redirect output to a text file like this: "inkscape > output.txt"

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