Russell BatemanMarch 2020 last update:
...so, here's how to do it the right way. Okay, so it looks ugly—this is because I reveal all the ugly details, but it only has to happen once. Thereafter, the Update Manager will take care of it. We're really only looking at the following commands; the rest is just apt-get jabber:
Here's how the installation went:
russ@tuonela ~ $ sudo bash tuonela ~ # apt-get update Hit:1 http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian xenial InRelease Ign:2 http://packages.linuxmint.com sonya InRelease Hit:3 http://packages.linuxmint.com sonya Release Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [109 kB] Hit:5 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease Hit:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease Hit:8 https://packagecloud.io/slacktechnologies/slack/debian jessie InRelease Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [109 kB] Get:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease [107 kB] Fetched 325 kB in 1s (241 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done tuonela ~ # add-apt-repository ppa:inkscape.dev/stable You are about to add the following PPA: The Inkscape Stable PPA is intended to provide the current supported release of Inkscape. More info: https://launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/+archive/ubuntu/stable Press Enter to continue or Ctrl+C to cancel Executing: /tmp/tmp.l6QQh68gde/gpg.1.sh --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys B9A06DE3 gpg: requesting key B9A06DE3 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com gpg: key B9A06DE3: public key "Launchpad PPA for Inkscape Developers" imported gpg: Total number processed: 1 gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1) tuonela ~ # apt-get update Hit:1 http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian xenial InRelease Ign:2 http://packages.linuxmint.com sonya InRelease Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [109 kB] Hit:4 http://packages.linuxmint.com sonya Release Hit:5 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease Get:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inkscape.dev/stable/ubuntu xenial InRelease [17.5 kB] Hit:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [109 kB] Hit:10 https://packagecloud.io/slacktechnologies/slack/debian jessie InRelease Get:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease [107 kB] Get:12 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inkscape.dev/stable/ubuntu xenial/main Sources [988 B] Get:13 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inkscape.dev/stable/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages [1,024 B] Get:14 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inkscape.dev/stable/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages [1,020 B] Get:15 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inkscape.dev/stable/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en [692 B] Fetched 346 kB in 2s (167 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done tuonela ~ # apt-get install inkscape Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following additional packages will be installed: libgsl2 libmagick++-6.q16-5v5 libpotrace0 Suggested packages: dia | dia-gnome libgnomevfs2-extra libsvg-perl libxml-xql-perl transfig pstoedit gsl-ref-psdoc | gsl-doc-pdf | gsl-doc-info | gsl-ref-html Recommended packages: libwmf-bin perlmagick python-numpy python-scour python-uniconvertor The following NEW packages will be installed: inkscape libgsl2 libmagick++-6.q16-5v5 libpotrace0 0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 17.6 MB of archives. After this operation, 138 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inkscape.dev/stable/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 inkscape amd64 0.92.4+68~ubuntu16.04.1 [16.6 MB] Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 libgsl2 amd64 2.1+dfsg-2 [840 kB] Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 libmagick++-6.q16-5v5 amd64 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.15 [136 kB] Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 libpotrace0 amd64 1.13-2 [17.7 kB] Fetched 17.6 MB in 2s (8,505 kB/s) Selecting previously unselected package libgsl2:amd64. (Reading database ... 745022 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../libgsl2_2.1+dfsg-2_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libgsl2:amd64 (2.1+dfsg-2) ... Selecting previously unselected package libmagick++-6.q16-5v5:amd64. Preparing to unpack .../libmagick++-6.q16-5v5_8%3a6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.15_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libmagick++-6.q16-5v5:amd64 (8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.15) ... Selecting previously unselected package libpotrace0. Preparing to unpack .../libpotrace0_1.13-2_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libpotrace0 (1.13-2) ... Selecting previously unselected package inkscape. Preparing to unpack .../inkscape_0.92.4+68~ubuntu16.04.1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking inkscape (0.92.4+68~ubuntu16.04.1) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu11) ... Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22+linuxmint1) ... Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3.1) ... Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-0ubuntu1.1) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ... Setting up libgsl2:amd64 (2.1+dfsg-2) ... Setting up libmagick++-6.q16-5v5:amd64 (8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.15) ... Setting up libpotrace0 (1.13-2) ... Setting up inkscape (0.92.4+68~ubuntu16.04.1) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu11) ...
