How to Install Inkscape on Ubuntu and Mint Terminal 2021 - Corel Draw is one of the most popular graphic design software among designers. Many use software for their needs, both in terms of business and hobbies.
Because Corel Draw is a paid application and is not yet available for Linux, Linux users choose another alternative application similar to Corel Draw available for Linux, namely Inkscape. Let's take a look at Inkscape a bit.
The Inkscape application is a graphics processing program in the basic Inkscape SVG (*.svg) format. No less features with Corel Draw, which was previously known as graphic design software.
Besides being able to be saved in SVG format, Inkscape can also be installed in the following formats:
- .svg
- .svgz
- .zipper
- .dfx
- .eps
- .emf
- .fxg
- .gpl
- .hpgl
- .html
- .tex
- .ter
- .xaml
- .odg
- .pf
- .pov
- .sif
- .wmf
The results of the export of images can be:
- .png
- .quarrel
- .jpg
- .webp
This inkscape software is included in Cross Platform software, meaning that it is installed on OS, Windows, Linux, and MacOS.
Therefore, coupled with its Open Source aka Free, this application is very widely used by the whole world, including me.
How to Install Inkscape Linux
Through the official Inkscape page, there are several package sources that we can use for the installation process, namely through Flatpack, Snap, and Personal Packages. Of the three types of source packages, I prefer to use the private package using the terminal by adding the Inkscape repository to our system.
Why do I prefer to use the Private Package repository over Flatpak and Snap? The reason is file size.
Using flatpak and snap, the file to be downloaded will be very large, can be 5x larger than the file size of the Personal Package repository. I don't understand why that is or there is a security advantage, I don't know.
My experience, when I install the Arduino app using the private package, it only has a file size of 105MB if I'm not mistaken, but when I try to install it using flatpak it goes up to 800MB, whereas via snap I can't get the right size.
Therefore, here's how to install Inkscape using the terminal:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:inkscape.dev/stable-1.1
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install inkscape