If your Ubuntu version or derivative has not packaged Inkscape 1.4 for you yet, you can install the current version from our ppa for Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04, 23.04, 23.10 and 24.04:
Desktop Instructions
- Start the application "Software and updates"
- Select the tab "Other Software"
- Click the button "Add..."
- Enter the following text
ppa:inkscape.dev/stable
- Click the button "Add Source"
- Click on the button "Close"
- When the pop up warns "The information about available software is out-of-date" click the button "Reload"
- The latest stable version of Inkscape is now avaialble to be installed from the software center.
Command Line
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:inkscape.dev/stable
sudo apt update
sudo apt install inkscape