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You will need at least 4 GB of disk space for the Inkscape repository and the intermediate build files, plus some space for the Crostini installation, dependencies and tools. We recommend at least 6 GB of free space.
You will need at least 4 GB of disk space for the Inkscape repository and the intermediate build files, plus some space for the Crostini installation, dependencies and tools. We recommend at least 6 GB of free space.


==Walkthrough==
==Compiling Inkscape==
 
should work according to the standard instructions for Linux: https://inkscape.org/develop/getting-started/
This walkthrough assumes you have some familiarity with Linux commands.
 
* Modify the APT configuration to include source package repositories. 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:
 
<pre><nowiki>
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
</nowiki></pre>
 
* Install build dependencies for Inkscape and a few tools.
 
<pre>
sudo apt build-dep inkscape
sudo apt install git wget libdouble-conversion-dev libsoup2.4-dev libgtkmm-3.0-dev libgtkspellmm-3.0-dev libgdl-3-dev
</pre>
 
* Create a new default SSH key: <code>ssh-keygen</code> (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 <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: <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 CMake: <code>mkdir build && cd build && cmake ..</code>
* Compile Inkscape: <code>make -j4</code>
* Install Inkscape: <code>sudo make install</code>
* Run Inkscape: <code>inkscape</code>
** Currently, Inkscape will crash when run if it was never installed, but running the binary from the build directory should work after installing it once; you don't need to perform the installation after every build, unless you make significant changes to the installed files.

Latest revision as of 14:32, 26 May 2025

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.

You will need at least 4 GB of disk space for the Inkscape repository and the intermediate build files, plus some space for the Crostini installation, dependencies and tools. We recommend at least 6 GB of free space.

Compiling Inkscape

should work according to the standard instructions for Linux: https://inkscape.org/develop/getting-started/

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