Inkscape High Sierra

Released on May 24, 2021. Inkscape 1.1 is the latest major Inkscape release that brings you many fresh new features and new functionality. Release highlights. A Welcome dialog, where the look of Inkscape can be selected, and some choices for the new document's size or file to open are available. Inkscape fails to start on macos 10.13 (high sierra) so I finally got around to update my mac with the new os version. Well I had to update a few programs but it seems inkscape is the only one that does not start. Jun 20, 2018 - ♛ Clipart / Cutting Files ♛ ♛The fishing design is made by me, and it can be use for many types of projects, like cutting on layers, scrapbooking, decals and many more. You can find below the available files.The files can be use with Silhouette and Cricut cutting machines. If you have other types. Inkscape is an Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, Freehand, CorelDraw, or Xara X using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format.

Inkscape 0.92.4 is currently available via MacPorts only, both as an X11 build and as a native Quartz build. The native Quartz build can potentially be less stable, and less well integrated into the desktop environment (e.g. for copy-pasting).
We suggest sticking with the X11 build for the time being until Inkscape has fully made the transition to go native on macOS. The instructions below are for the X11 build.

Prerequisites

MacPorts requires a working installation of Xcode and its commandline tools, so install this first. You are good to go if running gcc --version in Terminal gives some meaningful output.

We strongly encourage installing MacPorts via the binary installers (*.pkg) offered on their website. They install MacPorts into the default location (/opt/local/bin) and also configure important things like binary repositories so it can use pre-compiled packages and not compile everything itself when you install new software. This does not only save you valuable time but also avoids some issues/hickups that occur if MacPorts builds everything from source.

We also encourage the installation of Xorg via MacPorts and not the (outdated) version supplied by https://www.xquartz.org.

Installation

macOS 10.13 High Sierra

sudo port install inkscape
sudo port install xorg-server


If you want Inkscape to show up in your Applications folder:

ln -s /opt/local/bin/inkscape /Applications/Inkscape # not pretty, but works

macOS 10.14 Mojave

sudo port install inkscape
sudo port install xorg-server

Please logout of your Desktop and back in after having installed xorg-server.

If the installation of xorg-server fails, complaining about mkfontdir vs mkfontscale, this is a quick & dirty fix:

# remove xorg-fonts from portfile
sudo sed -i ' '/port:xorg-fonts/d' /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/macports/release/tarballs/ports/x11/xorg-server/Portfile
sudo port install xorg-server # continue installation


If you want Inkscape to show up in your Applications folder:

ln -s /opt/local/bin/inkscape /Applications/Inkscape # not pretty, but works

(10.4 (Tiger) to 10.12 (Sierra) are not supported.)

The MacPorts Inkscape builds are provided by MacPorts. If you encounter issues with installing via MacPorts, please contact them via their their bugtracker.

FAQ

Inkscape For Mac High Sierra

Inkscape for mac high sierra

Why do I get the message 'Nothing to do!' from Inkscape?

  • You have installed Inkscape but not Xorg.
  • You have not logged out and back in to your Desktop after having installed Xorg.

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How can I launch Inkscape with Finder?
Since there is no application bundle you have to launch the main binary directly. You can either run /opt/local/bin/inkscape form Terminal, navigate with Finder to /opt/local/bin and double click on inkscape or create a symlink for you own convenience to have it appear in your Applications folder (ln -s /opt/local/bin/inkscape /Applications/Inkscape).

Why is MacPorts compiling everything?
The ability to use pre-compiled packages depends on the default installation path (/opt/local/bin) and MacPorts being configured to use binary packages if available. Both things are taken care of for you when using the *.pkg installers. Consult the MacPorts documentation for more info.

Why does Inkscape look like a Windows 95 app?
What you're seeing is the default GTK theme/engine. You can change the theme, e.g.

sudo port install gtk2-aurora
sudo port install gtk-chtheme
gtk-chtheme

Inkscape Mac High Sierra

and the next time you run Inkscape, it should have a different look.

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