I have just made the transition from Windows XP to Ubuntu 9.04

I am trying to covert my CorelDraw 7 files so that they are usable in an Ubuntu drawing package.

First I tried installing and using sK1 0.9.1 which could import but doesn't seem very feature-rich.

I have just installed Inkscape to try. When I tried to import any CDR files into Inkscape , however, there just seemed to be a selected object that was an empty box.

I installed python2.5.

I downloaded uniconvertor 1.0.0 from http://sourceforge.net/projects/uniconv ... b/download from Source Forge and got an error when trying to install it...

trying to overwrite /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/uniconvertor/app/modules/pstokenize.so

I uninstalled sk1 and found that I could now successfully install uniconvertor 1.0.0

But now CDR does not show up as an import option in Inkscape!

Should I reinstall sK1? Any advice on where I'm going wrong?

Thank you.

But which Convertor file for Ubuntu 9.04, please?

http://packages.ubuntu.com/karmic/python-uniconvertor

sudo apt-get install python-uniconvertor

Thanks for that. Unfortunately, the command hasn't been successful for me.

When I type
sudo apt-get install python-uniconvertor

I get the following response:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
linux-headers-2.6.28-11 linux-headers-2.6.28-11-generic
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
Suggested packages:
python-uniconvertor-dbg
The following NEW packages will be installed
python-uniconvertor
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 9 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/453kB of archives.
After this operation, 2089kB of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously deselected package python-uniconvertor.
(Reading database ... 131902 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking python-uniconvertor (from .../python-uniconvertor_1.1.3-4ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/python-uniconvertor_1.1.3-4ubuntu1_i386.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/uniconvertor/app/modules/streamfilter.so', which is also in package uniconvertor
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/python-uniconvertor_1.1.3-4ubuntu1_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


Is this an Ubuntu problem?

sudo apt-get remove uniconvertor
sudo apt-get install python-uniconvertor

Forgot to say. In sK1 import CDR more complete.

sudo apt-get remove uniconvertor
sudo apt-get install python-uniconvertor

Thanks - This worked with regards to installation.

When I now use Inkscape to import a CDR file, however, I only get parts of the drawing with some pieces missing particularly text.

It works better if I export the CorelDraw 7 file to a PDF first, and then import the PDF to Inkscape. The fonts are not converted, however.

Is CorelDraw 7 ----> PDF ----> Inkscape an optimum solution?

I do not have coreldraw7, I can not answer your question.

I do not have coreldraw7, I not can answer your question.

I shall continue to experiment.

Thanks for your help, Maxim2. I appreciate your time.