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Help Using Inkscape => Beyond the Basics => Topic started by: ChameleonScales on April 09, 2017, 06:45:15 PM

Title: New flatpak missing Potrace
Post by: ChameleonScales on April 09, 2017, 06:45:15 PM
I just installed the Inkscape flatpak provided on the official download page on my OpenSUSE 42.2 and it seems it didn't install the Potrace library because I don't have the "Trace Bitmap" option under Path and the context menu item doesn't do anything.
So I installed Potrace from YaST and it didn't work any better.
So I decided to install Inkscape from YaST as well (which is still at 0.91) and use the Trace Bitmap from there

But what should I do to make it work on the flatpak ?
Title: Re: New flatpak missing Potrace
Post by: brynn on April 10, 2017, 12:32:11 PM
Oh gosh, I have no idea.  I don't even understand what flatpack is.  Or YaST either!

However, I'll investigate and try to get an answer for you.

Oh, look what I found on the download page

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For issues that are related to the Flatpak packaging, you can contact the author via the repository at github (https://github.com/matze/inkscape-flatpak).

So you can make a new Issue report there.  Do you know how to do that, or do you need more detailed instructions?

Will you let us know what you find out?  If it's a common problem, we might be able to help other users.
Title: Re: New flatpak missing Potrace
Post by: ChameleonScales on April 11, 2017, 05:17:18 AM
Thanks ! Didn't see that.
YaST is OpenSUSE's settings tool. It includes many  utilities like the package manager, the partitioner, network settings, hardware settings and many other things.
Title: Re: New flatpak missing Potrace
Post by: ChameleonScales on May 25, 2017, 02:42:09 PM
Problem solved, the repository owner added the Potrace library and it works now !
Title: Re: New flatpak missing Potrace
Post by: brynn on May 25, 2017, 06:38:34 PM
Oh, that's awesome!  Thanks for posting.

(btw, you're welcome to make the address in your signature an active link ;) )