fair enough. since this issue has obviously been around for years i had hoped/expected there would be a more direct solution to the problem. if not so be it. fwiw it seems the issue has been ongoing since 2009. see "Extensions won't run, give lxml error" at bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug...

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no suggestions?

having this same problem when i try to use most (any?) of the Extensions in Inkscape 0.48.4 r9939 (Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Python 2.7.6), not at all clear if or what the solution is. searched around, found a lot of "maybe yes/maybe no" proposals for MacOS but not at all confident that they'd ...

thanks for the tip, and the tavmjong link.

okay, figured it out, as you might imagine. in reading throught he forum i found a mention that the SVG file is just an XML. i looked in it using an editor and discovered that the object info is there as a PATH. checked Inkscape, found "Break Apart" on the Path menu and voila! worked like ...

n00b alert : i've been messing about with Inkscape for a while, read some basic tutorials, mostly been creating simple icons from free SVGs for a mapping project. my question relates to a file such as the attached. it's one of a pack of free SVG icons. i'd like to modify the image a bit -- say remov...