Hello All!
Newbie here and to Inkscape. I am setting my computer up while waiting for my cutter/plotter, and want it to be ready when it gets here.
How can i fix these extension errors:

Extension "Dia Input" failed to load because a dependency was not met.
Dependency:
type: executable
location: extensions
string: dia2svg.sh
description: The dia2svg.sh script should be installed with your Inkscape distribution. If you do not have it, there is likely to be something wrong with your Inkscape installation.

Extension "Dia Input" failed to load because a dependency was not met.
Dependency:
type: executable
location: path
string: dia
description: In order to import Dia files, Dia itself must be installed. You can get Dia at http://live.gnome.org/Dia

Extension "DXF Output" failed to load because a dependency was not met.
Dependency:
type: executable
location: extensions
string: ps2dxf.sh

Extension "DXF Output" failed to load because a dependency was not met.
Dependency:
type: executable
location: path
string: pstoedit
description: pstoedit must be installed to run; see http://www.pstoedit.net/pstoedit

Extension "EPS Input" failed to load because a dependency was not met.
Dependency:
type: executable
location: path
string: ps2pdf

Extension "LaTeX formula" failed to load because a dependency was not met.
Dependency:
type: executable
location: path
string: latex

Extension "LaTeX formula" failed to load because a dependency was not met.
Dependency:
type: executable
location: path
string: dvips

Extension "LaTeX formula" failed to load because a dependency was not met.
Dependency:
type: executable
location: path
string: pstoedit

Extension "XFIG Input" failed to load because a dependency was not met.
Dependency:
type: executable
location: path
string: fig2dev

Extension "GIMP XCF" failed to load because a dependency was not met.
Dependency:
type: executable
location: path
string: gimp

Extension "Text Outline Input" failed to load because a dependency was not met.
Dependency:
type: executable
location: path
string: perl

Extension "PostScript Input" failed to load because a dependency was not met.
Dependency:
type: executable
location: path
string: ps2pdf

Extension "Sketch Input" failed to load because a dependency was not met.
Dependency:
type: executable
location: extensions
string: sk2svg.sh

Extension "Sketch Input" failed to load because a dependency was not met.
Dependency:
type: executable
location: path
string: skconvert

Extension "Text Input" failed to load because a dependency was not met.
Dependency:
type: executable
location: path
string: perl

Welcome to InkscapeForum!

I'm not an expert about these things but I think they basically mean that you don't have the programs installed, which use those extensions. So you probably won't be able to either open them, or save in those formats. If you expect to use any of those formats in your work with the cutter/plotter, or otherwise in general, you'll need to install those programs. If you don't expect to use them, then it won't be a problem that you don't have them.

I'm not familiar with all of those, but I might expect that you will certainly need to use DXF, and possibly several of the others....possibly just a couple of others. It all depends on how you plan to use Inkscape

Keep in mind that Inkscape extensions are all adding optional features to Inkscape - many of them specialized, some of them not available as cross-platform tools. None of the extensions failing to load (except maybe EPS/PS input) should prevent you from using Inkscape.

hms1018 wrote:Extension "Dia Input" failed to load because a dependency was not met.

Don't bother - this extension does not work on Windows (it is based on a shell script). Do you have a need to open *.dia files in Inkscape? (AFAIK Dia does support export to SVG).

hms1018 wrote:Extension "DXF Output" failed to load because a dependency was not met.

Same as above: don't bother - the extension to output DXF R12 does not work on Windows. Use the newer file format 'Desktop Cutting Plotter (R13) (*.dxf)' instead, if you need to save a copy as DXF (it does work on Windows).

hms1018 wrote:Extension "EPS Input" failed to load because a dependency was not met.
Extension "PostScript Input" failed to load because a dependency was not met.

If you need to open EPS and PS files in Inkscape, install Ghostscript (Note: Saving a copy as PS/EPS is handled internally and does not require Ghostscript.

hms1018 wrote:Extension "LaTeX formula" failed to load because a dependency was not met.

Do you plan to use LaTeX to render Math (formulas) in Inkscape? Else, don't bother.

hms1018 wrote:Extension "XFIG Input" failed to load because a dependency was not met.

Do you plan to edit XFIG files in Inkscape? Else, again, don't bother about the message that the extension was not loaded. AFAIK xfig was never ported to Windows.

hms1018 wrote:Extension "GIMP XCF" failed to load because a dependency was not met.

If you need to export files in GIMP's native format, install GIMP for Windows (this extension should work on Windows in Inkscape 0.48.1 and later versions (bug #616193 was fixed)).

hms1018 wrote:Extension "Text Outline Input" failed to load because a dependency was not met.
Extension "Text Input" failed to load because a dependency was not met.

IMHO don't bother (even if you know the text outline format) - the extensions require two different Perl module (not part of the Perl distribution), and you don't seem to have Perl installed anyway.

hms1018 wrote:Extension "Sketch Input" failed to load because a dependency was not met.

Another input extension which would not work an Windows anyway, even if skconvert (presumeably with Skencil) was installed.