CompilingMacOsX

Using MacPorts

1. Download and install MacPorts
2. Edit the MacPorts variants config (optional).
   Add this line to /opt/local/etc/macports/variants.conf

   -x11 +quartz

3. In Terminal (Applications>Utilities>Terminal) type

   sudo port install \
        adwaita-icon-theme \
        boehmgc \
        boost \
        cairo \
        ccache \
        cmake \
        double-conversion \
        gdl3 \
        gettext \
        gsl \
        gtkmm3 \
        gtk-osx-application-gtk3 \
        lcms2 \
        libsoup \
        libxslt \
        ninja \
        poppler \
        potrace \
        py-lxml \
        py-numpy \
        -x11 +quartz
   

4. In Terminal, get Inkscape

   git clone --recurse-submodules https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape.git
   

5. And build inkscape

   # use a clean MacPorts environment (optional)
   LIBPREFIX="/opt/local"
   export PATH="$LIBPREFIX/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
   
   # where to install
   PREFIX="$PWD/install-prefix"
   
   # where to build
   mkdir build
   cd build
   
   cmake \
       -G Ninja \
       -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$LIBPREFIX" \
       -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$PREFIX" \
       -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache \
       -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache \
       -DWITH_OPENMP=OFF \
       ..
   
   ninja
   ninja install
   

   Note: Using ccache and ninja is not required, but very common because it speeds up compilation.

6. Run Inkscape

   $PREFIX/bin/inkscape
   

Using Homebrew

If you are using Homebrew instead, you can still use the above guidelines with small modifications.

List of packages to install with brew

brew install \
    adwaita-icon-theme \
    bdw-gc \
    boost \
    cairomm \
    ccache \
    cmake \
    double-conversion \
    gdl \
    gettext \
    graphicsmagick \
    gsl \
    gtk-mac-integration \
    gtkmm3 \
    gtkspell3 \
    imagemagick \
    intltool \
    lcms2 \
    libsoup \
    libsvg-cairo \
    libxslt \
    ninja \
    poppler \
    potrace

Since Homebrew only offers gettext as a keg (not linked to /usr/local) an extra option needs to be passed on to cmake.

Modify the script in step 5 by changing LIBPREFIX="/usr/local" and adding the following line to the cmake arguments:

    -DIntl_INCLUDE_DIR="/usr/local/opt/gettext/include" \

See also

• Tracking Dependencies
• Extension requirements
• Compiling Inkscape
• Notes on Packaging for OS X
• https://github.com/valerioa/Inkscape-MacOS-Curated-Build
• ipatch's collection of notes about building Inkscape using Homebrew