How do I install Inkscape???

[hap0]

I just installed and updated Kubuntu 6.06.1 last night. Now this morning I want to install some of my favorite apps like:

Inkscape, Scribus, and Nvu

The only problem is that none of these apps are listed in either "Add/Remove Programs" or Adept.

I tried downloading the Inkscape autopackage, but that ran a foul of the following dependency:

# Preparing: Inkscape Vector Graphics Editor
# Checking for required C library versions ... passed
# Checking for Standard C++ library ... passed
# Checking for XML processing library ... passed
# Checking for XSLT processing library ... passed
# Checking for GTK+ user interface toolkit ... failed
# FAIL: Could not find 'GTK+ user interface toolkit'. Try using the native package manager for Ubuntu 6.06.1 LTS (apt-get) to install a package with similar name to 'gtk+'.
FAIL: Unable to prepare package Inkscape Vector Graphics Editor.
yourname@yourname-desktop:~/Desktop/Installs$

When I tried downloading a deb package I ran into worse:

yourname@yourname-desktop:~/Desktop/Installs$ sudo dpkg -i inkscape_0.44-1_i386.deb
Password:
Selecting previously deselected package inkscape.
(Reading database ... 68207 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking inkscape (from inkscape_0.44-1_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of inkscape:
inkscape depends on libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.9.0); however:
Package libatk1.0-0 is not installed.
inkscape depends on libbonobo2-0 (>= 2.13.0); however:
Package libbonobo2-0 is not installed.
inkscape depends on libgconf2-4 (>= 2.13.5); however:
Package libgconf2-4 is not installed.
inkscape depends on libglibmm-2.4-1c2a; however:
Package libglibmm-2.4-1c2a is not installed.
inkscape depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 2.13.92-0ubuntu4); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not installed.
inkscape depends on libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.8.0); however:
Package libgtk2.0-0 is not installed.
inkscape depends on libgtkmm-2.4-1c2a; however:
Package libgtkmm-2.4-1c2a is not installed.
inkscape depends on libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.12.3); however:
Package libpango1.0-0 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing inkscape (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
inkscape
yourname@yourname-desktop:~/Desktop/Installs$

Does anyone have any ideas? I've spent the better part of 90 minutes searching google, support, mailing lists, and cannot find anything that helps... <sigh>

[fatbloke]

Re: How do I install Inkscape

It should be in the repository(s).

Post your /etc/apt/sources.list so we can see what you're probably missing and advise from there my friend.

Or, if you think that your sources.list is right, then just try the obvious. Open a terminal and do

sudo apt-get install inkscape

then hit return.

if it doesn't work, post the errors

regards

fatbloke

p.s. Oh and given a correct sources.list you should also be seeing a listing for for Scribus and nvu

[hap0]

Re: How do I install Inkscape

Hey thanks for responding. I would have hoped that I could have just added these apps as you say. Those apps are just too killer to leave out of reach in my opinion. But so far that's been my experience. Of course I could opt for compiling them myself, but that would kind of defeat the purpose and reason for why I chose Kubuntu... Anyway I ramble. Here is the default /etc/apt/sources I was dealt:

yourname@yourname-desktop:~/$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list

# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
#deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted
deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted
deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'universe'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
# deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe
# deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted
# deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe
yourname@yourname-desktop:~/$

[hap0]

Re: How do I install Inkscape

yourname@yourname-desktop:~/$ sudo apt-get install inkscape
Password:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
inkscape is already the newest version.
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
inkscape: Depends: libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.9.0) but it is not installable
Depends: libbonobo2-0 (>= 2.13.0) but it is not installable
Depends: libgconf2-4 (>= 2.13.5) but it is not installable
Depends: libglibmm-2.4-1c2a but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 2.13.92-0ubuntu4) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.8.0) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libgtkmm-2.4-1c2a but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.12.3) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).


yourname@yourname-desktop:~/$ sudo apt-get install scribus
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Package scribus is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package scribus has no installation candidate


yourname@yourname-desktop:~/$ sudo apt-get install nvu
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
E: Couldn't find package nvu
yourname@yourname-desktop:~/$