Newbie - Cannot find Inkscape 0.92.4 - installation by macport - Solved

[daisy]

Hi everyone,

I tried to install Inkscape 0.92.4 on my macbook, which runs macOS Mojave 10.14.5

I did follow this tutorial:
https://inkscape.org/release/inkscape-0.92.4/mac-os-x/macports/dl/

I succesfully installed Xcode and X11 and I can find these applications in my application folder.

I did install Inkscape with the terminal using the code:
sudo port install inkscape
sudo port install xorg-server
ln -s /opt/local/bin/inkscape /Applications/Inkscape

I cannot find inkscape in the application folder or in finder
I cannot find a folder called opt or bin

The terminal wrote the following text when completing the installation of inkscape:

"OpenBLAS has the following notes:
    This version is built based on a base architecture for convenience,
    which may not be optimized for your system. To build a version
    customized for your machine, use the +native variant
  aspell has the following notes:
    You must install (at least) one of the language dictionaries after
    installing this port in order for it to work.
  dbus has the following notes:
    Startup items (named 'dbus-system, dbus-session') have been generated that
    will aid in starting dbus with launchd. They are disabled by default.
    Execute the following command to start them, and to cause them to launch at
    startup:
   
        sudo port load dbus
  libidn has the following notes:
    Please be aware that GNU libidn2 is the successor of GNU libidn. It comes
    with IDNA 2008 
    and TR46 implementations and also provides a compatibility layer for GNU
    libidn.
  libpsl has the following notes:
    libpsl API documentation is provided by the port 'libpsl-docs'.
  p5.28-libwww-perl has the following notes:
    As of version 6.00, libwww-perl has been split into multiple packages. If
    you were using p5.28-libwww-perl for just one or two of its modules before,
    you may be able to pare down your installation to just those modules now.
    Other important changes have been made that may affect your code; for
    details, please see: /opt/local/share/doc/p5.28-libwww-perl/Changes
  py27-cython has the following notes:
    To make the Python 2.7 version of Cython the one that is run when you
    execute the commands without a version suffix, e.g. 'cython', run:
   
    port select --set cython cython27
  python27 has the following notes:
    To make this the default Python or Python 2 (i.e., the version run by the
    'python' or 'python2' commands), run one or both of:
   
        sudo port select --set python python27
        sudo port select --set python2 python27
"

Any help would be very appreciated.

[brynn]

Welcome to the forum!

I'm not a Mac user, and probably can't help much.  But we do have Mac users, and someone should be along pretty soon, who can help.

I'm curious whether there's an Inkscape desktop icon?

[daisy]

Unfortunatley there is no Inkscape Icon.

The tutorial writes:
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).

Or:
If you want Inkscape to show up in your Applications folder:
ln -s /opt/local/bin/inkscape /Applications/Inkscape   # not pretty, but works

But I cannot find Inkscape in the application folder or in finder and I cannot find a folder called opt or bin

[daisy]

I just found the programm. It was an alias of inkscape in the application folder, which was not schown in the launch pad. If I click it, it opens the terminal, and the terminal opens inkscape.

So glad it works!

Solved!