How to run Inkscape on Mac Leopard

Posted in Mac, Tutorials, leopard, macbook, tips on May 14, 2008

If you like Inkscape (an open source alternative to Adobe Illustrator) and have a Mac with Leopard; you will figure that it after installation it will not work. It will say that font caching might take time, but never start. It’s because of a simple bug, with a simple solution. Just open a terminal (Applications/Utilities) and type this, followed by an enter;

mkdir ~/.fontconfig

After that it should start normally.

And a note: Latest snapshot doesn’t seem to work. Just grab the latest stable package.

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8 Responses to “ How to run Inkscape on Mac Leopard ”

  1. # 1 Ferhat Ayaz Says:

    Thanks! This was very helpful. I wonder why Inkscape can not simply create the folder if it does not exist.

  2. # 2 Nilo Says:

    Thanks a lot! I had almost resigned to using Inkscape only on PC

  3. # 3 Henk Kleynhans Says:

    Thanks! Sorted me out!

  4. # 4 joeyo Says:

    Many thanks. Your blog post just saved my day!

  5. # 5 Nancy Says:

    Thank you so much. Saved my day too!

  6. # 6 ak19 Says:

    dear, no words, 2 min. and inkscape works on; why inkscape.org don’t notice this simply terminal bug solution in the download of the leopard dmg versions? ak19/Milan/Italy

  7. # 7 Doreen Says:

    Thanks! This works a treat. I was about to dump Inkscape!

  8. # 8 Melissa Says:

    Wow, thanks! After days of sadness thinking I couldn’t use Inkscape, your post has renewed my love of life!

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