nkscape can create and edit complex diagrams, lines, graphs, logos, and illustrations.
recently was Inkscape 1.2.2 corrective version released, version in which various changes and corrections have been made to improve the stability of the editor and that is that in the version for Linux in AppImage format it presented problems, as well as the application fails to run in Artix.
For those who don't know about Inkscape, I can tell you that this is a free and open source vector graphics editor which provides flexible drawing tools and supports reading and saving images in SVG, OpenDocument Drawing, DXF, WMF, EMF, sk1, PDF, EPS, PostScript and PNG formats.
Inkscape 1.2.2 Main New Features
When preparing a new version, the main attention was paid to improving stability and eliminating bugs, because in all builds and for all operating systems, the ability to import from OpenClipart is enabled, in addition to that in builds for macOS, spell checking has been adjusted and items to revert changes (undo/redo) have been returned to the menu.
Another of the changes that was made in the new version is that improved rendering and export performance by disabling dithering by default, which recreates missing colors by blending existing colors.
Of the other changes, improvements and fixes that were made in this new version, which stand out:
- Fixed problems when exporting in DXF14 format, in addition to importing a DXF file created by
- Inkscape in Fusion 360, the warning message about missing units now disappears (since the SVG document uses "real world" units like mm or in).
- In plugins that change color, you can change the colors in the fill patterns.
- Fixed issues when using the "Measure" tool.
- Removed a leftover debugging message
- TIFF export now supports transparency
- DPI attribute is preserved for JPG and TIFF raster export
- PNG files now use the correct file permissions on Linux (previously, exported files were only accessible to the user who created them, causing problems when doing web development).
- Inkscape no longer crashes when running on Artix
- Inkscape can now be built on systems using Poppler 22.09.0
- Extensions that open another instance of Inkscape (eg PDFLaTeX) no longer crash when using an AppImage version of Inkscape
- Raster images opened with Inkscape now end up in the page area even when the document origin is set to the bottom left corner
Finally, if you are interested in knowing more about it about the new version of Inkscape 1.2.2 you can check the details In the following link.
How to install Inkscape 1.2.2 on Ubuntu and derivatives?
Finally, for those who are interested in being able to install this new version in Ubuntu and other Ubuntu-derived systems, they should open a terminal in the system, this can be done with the key combination "Ctrl + Alt + T".
And in her we are going to type the following command with which we will add the application repository:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:inkscape.dev/stable sudo apt-get update
Done this to install inkscape, we just have to type the command:
sudo apt-get install inkscape
Another method of installation is with the help of the flatpak packages and the only requirement is to have the support added to the system.
In a terminal we just have to type the following command:
flatpak install flathub org.inkscape.Inkscape
Finally another of the methods offered directly by Inkscape developers, is using AppImage file which you can download directly from the app's website. In the case of this version, you can open a terminal and in it you can download the appimage of this latest version by typing the following command in it:
wget https://inkscape.org/gallery/item/37359/Inkscape-b0a8486-x86_64.AppImage
Done the download, now you just have to give permissions to the file with the following command:
sudo chmod +x Inkscape-b0a8486-x86_64.AppImage
And that's it, you can run the app image of the application by double-clicking on it or from the terminal with the command:
./Inkscape-b0a8486-x86_64.AppImage