Would like to hear from anyone who has successfully run Inkcut on Linux
Thanks for your guidance.
Jim
Dec. 10, 2020
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Tried but no luck
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Made a little progress but am stuck with this error:
connections or motor control. It is not recommended for spooled (printer)
File "/home/jeff/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/enaml/core/declarative_meta.py", line 43, in call
value = engine.read(owner, name)
File "/home/jeff/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/enaml/core/expression_engine.py", line 179, in read
return pair.reader(owner, name)
File "/home/jeff/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/enaml/core/standard_handlers.py", line 101, in call
return call_func(func, (tr,), {}, scope)
File "/home/jeff/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/inkcut/device/view.enaml", line 242, in
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What Linux Distro are you using? Developers seem to recommend Ubuntu, so i would give that a try.
I am using Manjaro (Jan 21, Ver. 20.2.1) and first failed to install it via package manager. Installs, but when started gives errors, which when solved manually, just lead to the next one. That seems to never end :-( De-installed it again and found another way:- Go to github.com/inkcut/inkcut download and extract requirements.txt from zip.
- pip install -r requirements.txt (Install Python3 and pip/pip3 first, if that gives you errors)
- pip3 install git+github.com/codelv/inkcut.git
And Bang! it already runs standalone (Type inkcut and press Enter in terminal)
As we want it all we extract the Inkscape plugin from github download. - Copy files to ~/.config/inkscape/extensions (where ~ is your home directory)
Thats it. Start Inkscape and see that Inkcut options are no longer greyed out and work like a charm.
-> Lots of good karma to the developers. This is an awesome piece of software.
In areas where small business is still possible, some cut shop owners do rely on it. I know one from Varkala in India. Isn´t that beautiful? Please keep it up.