Tracking Dependencies

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Compilers

  • Version 1.0 requires a C++11 compiler.
  • Version 1.1 requires a C++17 compiler.
  • Version 1.4 requires a C++20 compiler.

See c++11, c++17, and C++20.

Libs

C++ bindings are not included, since their required versions match those of the C counterparts.

Library v 0.92 v 1.0 v 1.1 v 1.2 v 1.3 master gtk4
Boehm-GC 7.2 7.2 7.2
Cairo 1.14 1.14 (1.15.4 required for PDF links) 1.16* 1.16 1.16 1.16**
double-conversion [1]
(lib2geom dependency)
(not required) any
FreeType 2.9* (Required for Variable fonts) 2.9 2.9
GDL N/A
(3.4)
3.4 Not Used Not Used Not Used Not Used
Glib 2.28 2.48 2.56 or 2.62* 2.64 2.64 2.68**
GTK+ 2.24
(3.8)
3.22 3.24* 3.24 3.24 4.12+
GNU Scientific Library ? ?
HarfBuzz ? ? 2.2* 2.6 2.6 2.6.5*
libsigc++ 2.0.12* 2.0.12* 2.0.12* 3.0**
libSoup (not required) (any)
libpotrace (not required) (any)
libxml 2.6.11* 2.6.11*
libxslt 1.0.15* 1.0.15*
lcms 1.13 2.2 2.2 (2.9*) 2.9* 2.9*
Pango 1.24 1.24 (1.41.1 required for variable fonts) 1.42* 1.44 1.44 (HarfBuzz shaping) 2.48**
Poppler 0.20.0 0.20.0 0.29 (0.71*) 0.29 (0.71*) 0.71*
gtk-mac-integration
gtk-osx-application-gtk3
N/A 2.0.8 (macOS only)

* Tentative dependency

  • Pango 1.42.2 requires Harfbuzz 1.4.2
  • Pango 1.44.0 requires Glib 2.59.2 and Harfbuzz 2.0. 1.44 exposes hb_font directly.
  • Pango 1.45.1 requires Glib 2.60
  • Pango 1.48.4 has vertical upright marks fix.
  • Harfbuzz 4.1 changes glyph positioning for upright vertical text when font does not have vertical metrics (from glyph touching to of cell to being centered in cell).

** Gtkmm4 requires API changed Glibmm, Cairomm, and Pangomm. In particular, enums use child namespaces in newer libraries (Cairo::FORMAT_ARGB32 -> Cairo::Surface::Format::ARGB32).

+ Decision at 5 Nov 2023 developer's meeting. Gtk4 4.10.1 has an important scrolling bug fix.

Distros

Note: This table is not relevant to (non-fink) MacOS X, where we ship the desired version with Inkscape.

"Inkscape" column is default or distro version / oldest that builds - latest that builds. If no latest is given then that means trunk is expected to build on the given platform.

e.g. for a distro that ships with 0.48 but should support building of trunk you might get:

0.48 / 0.47-

General rules:

  • Support latest Debian Stable (as of feature freeze) Debian packages
  • Support latest Ubuntu LTS (as of feature freeze) Ubuntu packages
    • e.g. Considering Inkscape 1.2, the latest Ubuntu LTS at feature freeze time (around February 2022) would have been Ubuntu 20.04. The latest LTS at release time (around May 2022), though, will be Ubuntu 22.04. Therefore, according to the rule, we should support Ubuntu 20.04 LTS as the minimum version.
    • Note: For gtkmm4: Jammy: no package, Kinetic: 4.8, Lunar: 4.10, Mantic: 4.10
  • Support last two Fedora releases (as of feature freeze) Fedora packages
  • Don't break point releases.
Distro Inkscape gcc# clang# cairo cairomm freetype glib glibmm gtk+ gtkmm harfbuzz pango poppler gdl lcms2 libsigc++ libgc libsoup
Windows MSYS2 (2021-04-14)
(mingw-w64 packages from MSYS2 project)
1.0.2 10.2.0 11.0.0 1.17.4 1.12.2 2.10.4 2.68.1 2.66.0 3.24.27 3.24.3 2.8.0 1.48.4 20.12.1 3.34.0 2.12 2.10.6 8.0.4 2.72.0
Debian 11 (Bullseye, oldstable) EOL 2026 1.0.2 10.2.1 13.0.1 1.16 1.12.2 2.10.4 2.66.8 2.64.2 3.24.24 3.24.2 2.7.4 1.46.2 20.09.0 3.34.0 2.12 2.10.4 8.0.4 2.72.0
Debian 12 (Bookworm, stable) EOL 2028? 1.2.2 12.2.0 15.0.6 1.16.0 1.12.1 2.10.4 2.74.5 2.74.0 3.24.36
4.8.3
3.24.7
4.8.0
6.0.0 1.50.12 22.12.0 3.40.0 2.14.1 2.12.0
3.4.0
8.2.2 2.74.03
3.2.2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish) EOL 2027-04 1.1.2 12.3.0 15.0.7 1.16.0 1.12.2 2.11.1 2.72.1 2.66.2 3.24.33
4.6.2
3.24.5
no libgtkmm-4.0
2.7.4 1.50.6 22.02.0 3.40.0 2.12-rc1 2.10.4 8.0.6 2.74.2
3.0.5
Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic) 1.2.2 13.2.0 16.0.0
(17.0.2)
1.14.4
1.16.0
1.14.4
1.16.2
2.13.1 2.78.0 2.66.6
2.78.0
3.24.38
4.12.2
3.24.8
4.10.0
8.0.1 1.51.0
2.50.1
23.08.0 3.40.0 2.14.2 2.12.0
3.4.0
8.2.4 2.74.3
3.4.2

#Debian and Ubuntu offer multiple gcc and clang versions, latest available version listed.

  • Agreed to at Saarbrücken hackfest.

Getting and Installing Source packages

See Getting Started

Optional Dependencies

Inkscape will still compile without these, but some features may be missing if they are absent during compilation:

Library Needed for Default
aspell Dictionaries for spell checking On
libcdr Open Corel Draw files On
gettext/msgformat Translation support On
gtest/gmock Automatted testing Off
gspell Spell checking On
imagemagick Bitmap editing extensions, bitmap import resolution On
jpeg jpeg import? On
OpenMP Multi-threaded filter rendering On
scour Save as Optimized SVG (not needed during compiling, Python)
libvisio Open Visio Files, use Visio stencils On
libwpg Open WordPerfect Graphics On