My platform is CentOS7.2. I found inkscape in default yum repo, but it appears to be version 0.48, and the latest is 0.91. How can I install the latest version on this platform? The install page says "Coming soon via yum".

Hello...
Below, are just my own ideas. I'm just a "layman" user.
- CentOS I thin it uses RPM system: See if it's possible convert the .deb file to .rpm, using alien:https://www.maketecheasier.com/convert-deb-files-rpm/, or other symilar

- Build it from source files:
http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php ... g_Inkscape

Please share your results, so It can help to others

And how do I get the .deb file? The installer page says "Debian: Coming soon via apt".

Not sure if compiling will work, hulf, because of the dependencies - seems it's even 0.48.4 which comes with CentOS 7... dkarr would probably have to compile those, too...
That's the disadvantage of CentOS... You can try, of course, dkarr, before you try out other things.

Maybe the chroot solution would work?... (http://vektorrascheln.de/posts/2016/Feb ... -side.html, but instead of the trunk ppa, use the stable ppa for Inkscape: https://launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/+ar ... ntu/stable)

Well... I don't if this following method I suggest is wrong...

For example you can download the deb packages that appear here:

Package files:
https://launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/+ar ... /+packages

Once downloaded the deb file, try the Alien method.

Hello Moini, ... but In your method, He still has to download the deb?

At least not directly - just needs to install it in the chroot as we would do in our Ubuntu-based systems using apt-get. No aliens from outer space
(I doubt the conversion from deb to rpm will work well, as dependencies can't be met - but it would be cool if it does work, so it's worth to test)

So from this exchange, is there a concrete strategy that someone is suggesting here?

dkarr wrote:So from this exchange, is there a concrete strategy that someone is suggesting here?

As I said before, I'm just an user of Inkscape. I'm not a Linux expert, or a Computer System Expert.
It's true I'm only doing suggestions, proposals.You are free of follow them or not.

So NO, I DON'T HAVE A CONCRETE STRATEGY.

If you manage to solve your problem, please share it

Good Luck

Good Bye

Hi I'm new here, just found this forum trying to solve the same problem.
From what i know: Inkscape 0.91 depends on libraries newer than libraries in CentOS7 or Debian Jessie. In theory it would be possible to updte this libraries - on Debian i ended crashing the entire system - that's where theory meets practice.

Now i believe there might be two or three other approaches, in fact i'm looking for someone more advanced in Linux to point me in the right direction.
My guess is that at least one of this solutions would work:

• Chroot Jail
• Docker
• AppImage

I'm not sure which one should i try as first.

P.S. For a long time i was thinking, that this is only my problem. Now i see that there is somebody else also trying to run newest version of graphic software on CentOS/RHEL. I'm not a Linux expert but i'm quite determined to make it work.

As you would need to create the docker image and the AppImage/Flatpack/Snap/whatever package yourself, you might want to adapt this to your needs:
https://inkscape.org/en/~Moini/%E2%98%8 ... n-on-linux

(obviously, apt-get won't work for you outside the chroot on CentOS, and you wouldn't want trunk, but the stable Inkscape version from the ubuntu repos. ppa would be needed for 14.04 Ubuntu - check the version before you install.)