Get the snap package
Note that the Inkscape snap package comes with a couple of restrictions. Some of these can be solved, and some are unavoidable due to the safety level of the packaging format:
- custom markers and custom filters cannot be saved to the file where Inkscape is looking for them (which is
/usr/share/inkscape/markers/markers.svg and /usr/share/inkscape/filters/filters.svg). This behavior cannot be changed.
- extensions that depend on programs that are not linked with the Inkscape snap do not work (i.e. export as Gimp XCF, PDFLatex, ...). To work around this restriction you can do:
sudo snap remove inkscape
sudo snap install --classic inkscape
The --classic parameter will, though, also disable the security advantages that snap has over a normal, package based install or over the other binary install options for Linux.
- external devices, like plotters or cutters, will not be found by Inkscape (see here for solution or install with
--classic parameter, see above)
- Inkscape might not integrate well with your desktop theme, but will use its own default gtk theme.
- If you try to save as PDF or any other non-SVG file format and Inkscape creates an SVG file instead that only has a different file extension and does not open correctly in the program it should be opened with, this is usually the result of outdated xdg-portals. Please talk to your desktop vendor about updating them.
Snap
