How to install Inksmoto into Inkscape
Contents
- 1 Using Inksmoto 0.6.0
- 2 Required software
- 3 Installation on Windows
- 4 Insallation on Linux
- 5 Installation on Mac OS X
- 6 Test the installation to see if its ok
- 7 Making levels using Inksmoto 0.6.0
- 8 Using Inksmoto 0.7.0
- 9 Installation of Windows
- 10 Installation of Ubuntu/Linux
- 11 Installation of Mac OS X
- 12 Test the installation to see if its ok
- 13 Making levels using Inksmoto 0.7.0
- 14 Bugs when using Inksmoto 0.6.0, and 0.7.0
- 15 Development version of Inksmoto
Using Inksmoto 0.6.0
About
Inksmoto 0.6.0 is an extensions tool for Inkscape that will let you create X-Moto levels. This documentation is for Inksmoto 0.6.0 only. Inksmoto 0.6.0 requires Python, python-tk, and Inkscape.
Required software
Inksmoto 0.6.0 requires:
*Inkscape 0.46 or 0.47(or any version of Inkscape) *Python(any version of Python) *PIL(any version of PIL) *python-tk *libglade2-0
Installation on Windows
To install for Windows XP, 2000, Vista, 7, and 8, download and execute this file: http://download.tuxfamily.org/xmoto/svg2lvl/0.6.0/Inkscape-0.46.1_inksmoto-0.6.0_win32.exe
Insallation on Linux
Ubuntu and Linux
For Debian/Ubuntu and Linux users, run terminal and type in:
sudo apt-get install inkscape python python-tk libglade2-0
Next, download and unpack Inksmoto 0.6.0: http://download.tuxfamily.org/xmoto/svg2lvl/0.6.0/inksmoto-0.6.0.tar.gz
Next, copy the files from the extracted extensions directory, and paste it in the Inkscape extensions folder.
/usr/share/inkscape/extensions
Launch Inkscape and test the Inksmoto extensions. If you installed it correctly, you should have no problem with Inksmoto.
Installation on Mac OS X
This will work for Mac OS X 10.5.0 Leopard and higher, including 10.6 Snow Leopard, 10.7 Lion, and 10.8 Mountain Lion. Download the right dmg for your right Mac OS X version.
- For Mac OS X Leopard(If you are lower than 10.5.8): https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/159987131/Inkscape-0.48.1-Inksmoto-0.6.0-macosx-LEOPARD.dmg
- For Mac OS X Leopard(If you are on 10.5.8 or higher), 10.6 Snow Leopard, 10.7 Lion, and 10.8 Mountain Lion: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/159987131/Inkscape-0.48.2-Inksmoto-0.6.0-macosx-LEOPARD+.dmg
Read the README file of how to install Inksmoto for OS X.
Download and install dependencies
First, we need Inkscape, Python, PIL, and X11/XQuartz. X11 has shipped with Mac OS X since 10.5.
Make sure you have the right XQuartz version for you software version.
X11/XQuartz: http://xquartz.macosforge.org/trac/wiki/Releases
Install XQuartz, then restart your computer or log out and log back in.
Next, download Inkscape from the Internet. Here is a list of recommended and latest versions of Inkscape that you might want to use.
Inkscape 48.1 for Mac OS X Leopard(If your lower than 10.5.8): http://sourceforge.net/projects/inkscape/files/inkscape/0.48.1/Inkscape-0.48.1-1-LEOPARD%2B.dmg/download
Inkscape 48.2 for Mac OS X Leopard(If your on 10.5.8 or higher), 10.6 Snow Leopard, 10.7 Lion, and 10.8 Mountain Lion: http://sourceforge.net/projects/inkscape/files/inkscape/0.48.2/Inkscape-0.48.2-1-SNOWLEOPARD.dmg/download
You can download other versions of Inkscape here, but make sure you got the correct version that works: http://sourceforge.net/projects/inkscape/files/inkscape/
-Installing Inkscape=
To install Inkscape, put the Inkscape.app into your Applications folder.
Next, install Python and PIL.
Python 2.7 work on 10.5 or higher: http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7/python-2.7-macosx10.5.dmg
PIL 1.1.7a2(Even though is says Python 2.5, its compatible with Python 2.7): http://effbot.org/media/downloads/PIL-1.1.7a2-py2.5-macosx10.5.mpkg.zip
Install Python and PIL.
Next, download and install Inksmoto 0.6.0 from here: http://download.tuxfamily.org/xmoto/svg2lvl/0.6.0/inksmoto-0.6.0.tar.gz
Extract it with the appropriate Mac OS X tool, and copy all of the files from the extracted extensions directory, and paste into the Inkscape extensions folder.
/Applications/Inkscape.app/Contents/Resources/extensions
Test the installation to see if its ok
There is a couple of ways to test to see if Inksmoto 0.6.0 is properly installed correctly.
- 1st way, go to the "Extensions" menu to see if the is an Xmoto extensions menu.
- 2nd way, save the .svg as a X-Moto level(.lvl).
If you still have any problems, come by the IRC or the X-Moto chat to see why it failed.
Making levels using Inksmoto 0.6.0
You can find the tutorial for 0.6.0 here: http://wiki.xmoto.tuxfamily.org/index.php?title=Inksmoto-0.6.0
Using Inksmoto 0.7.0
About
Inksmoto 0.7.0 is an extensions tool for Inkscape using to create X-Moto levels. Inksmoto 0.7.0 needs to have any Inkscape version that will work. Inksmoto 0.7.0 will not be using Tcl/Tk, it uses PyGTK for the windows toolkit.
Required software
*Inkscape(Any version of Inkscape) *Python(tested on 2.7) *Python-gtk2 *libglade2-0
Installation of Windows
To install Inksmoto 0.7.0 for Windows XP, 2000, Vista, 7, and 8, download and execute this file: http://download.tuxfamily.org/xmoto/svg2lvl/0.7.0/Inkscape-0.47.1_inksmoto-0.7.0_win32.exe
Installation of Ubuntu/Linux
To install Inksmoto for Ubuntu/Linux, open terminal and type in:
sudo apt-get install inkscape python python-gtk2 libglade2-0
Next, download and install Inksmoto 0.7.0 from here: http://download.tuxfamily.org/xmoto/svg2lvl/0.7.0/inksmoto-0.7.0.tar.gz
Extract it, and copy all of the files from the extracted extensions directory, into the Inkscape extensions folder.
/usr/share/inkscape/extensions
Launch Inkscape to test Inksmoto 0.7.0, to make sure it properly installed and working.
Installation of Mac OS X
To install Inksmoto 0.7.0 for Mac OS X, here is a list of dmgs for recommended and latest versions of Inkscape.
For Mac OS X Leopard(If you are lower than 10.5.8): https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/159987131/Inkscape-0.48.1-Inksmoto-0.7.0-macosx-LEOPARD.dmg
For Mac OS X Leopard(If you on 10.5.8 or higher), 10.6 Snow Leopard, 10.7 Lion, and 10.8 Mountain Lion: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/159987131/Inkscape-0.48.2-Inksmoto-0.7.0-macosx-LEOPARD+.dmg
Read the README file of how to install it.
There is no maunal way to install Inksmoto 0.7.0. It gets complicated of editing the launcher script, and making a python command. So, just download the premade dmgs above.
Test the installation to see if its ok
There is a couple of ways to test to see if Inksmoto 0.7.0 is properly installed correctly.
- 1st way, go to the "Extensions" menu to see if the is an Xmoto extensions menu.
- 2nd way, save the .svg as a X-Moto level(.lvl).
If you still have any problems, come by the IRC or the X-Moto chat to see why it failed.
Making levels using Inksmoto 0.7.0
You can find the tutorial for 0.7.0 here: http://wiki.xmoto.tuxfamily.org/index.php?title=Inksmoto-0.7.0
Bugs when using Inksmoto 0.6.0, and 0.7.0
Go to this page, if you encounter bugs when using Inksmoto 0.6.0, and 0.7.0, and how to fix them: http://wiki.xmoto.tuxfamily.org/index.php?title=Known_Issues_when_using_Inksmoto
Development version of Inksmoto
There is no development version of Inksmoto yet, but you can test it here: http://wiki.xmoto.tuxfamily.org/index.php?title=Inkscape-dev