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

  1. # 1 Ferhat Ayaz Says:
    May 29th, 2008 at 10:39

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

  2. # 2 Nilo Says:
    June 10th, 2008 at 19:12

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

  3. # 3 Henk Kleynhans Says:
    June 11th, 2008 at 16:50

    Thanks! Sorted me out!

  4. # 4 joeyo Says:
    June 15th, 2008 at 17:29

    Many thanks. Your blog post just saved my day!

  5. # 5 Nancy Says:
    June 16th, 2008 at 23:06

    Thank you so much. Saved my day too!

  6. # 6 ak19 Says:
    June 17th, 2008 at 17:49

    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:
    June 20th, 2008 at 2:16

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

  8. # 8 Melissa Says:
    July 5th, 2008 at 2:07

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

  9. # 9 József Says:
    July 6th, 2008 at 21:13

    Juhhe!
    Such a great help! Thanks! Works great.

  10. # 10 Bernhard Says:
    July 13th, 2008 at 16:54

    Just works. I wonder why the Inkscape people can not fix this.

  11. # 11 Muggie Says:
    July 14th, 2008 at 4:06

    Woot! I have it back up!

  12. # 12 Robert Says:
    July 14th, 2008 at 22:31

    Hi!

    Just what I needed. Thx.

  13. # 13 Wouter Says:
    July 21st, 2008 at 16:44

    Thanks for sharing. Saved me a lot of trouble!

  14. # 14 Martin Says:
    July 22nd, 2008 at 22:29

    thanks, that was what I needed.

  15. # 15 Pascal Says:
    July 29th, 2008 at 22:35

    Thanks

    It works now.

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  17. # 17 J Money Says:
    August 2nd, 2008 at 8:27

    Thanks man, I do appreciate this.

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  19. # 19 Julius Says:
    August 14th, 2008 at 15:31

    Absolutely brilliant.
    Thanks a million
    Best wishes
    Julius

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