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I am trying to install textext (0.4.4) in inkscape (0.91 r13725) on Ubuntu 16.04.

Unfortunately, the Tex Text item is not showing under the Text item in the Extension menu.

I followed step by step the instructions at https://pav.iki.fi/software/textext/ .

Here is what I did :

  • Using the "Ubuntu Software Center" I checked that the following libraries are installed : pstoedit texlive full python-lxml

  • Using the new "Ubuntu Software" (Ubuntu 16.04), I installed inkscape

  • Inkscape seemed to be working perfectly. I closed it

  • I downloaded from https://pav.iki.fi/software/textext/ the textext-0.4.4.tar.gz and extracted textext.inx and textext.py

  • using "sudo cp" I moved the two files into ~/.config/inkscape/extensions/

  • I launch inkscape. However the "Tex Text" item is not showing in the "Extensions" menu (I have inkscape in French).

I tried to reboot my computer. I checked the inkscape extension-errors.log file. I even try to move the .inx and .py to the /usr/share/inkscape/extensions folder.

I am running out of ideas; could it be linked with the python 2-> python 3 shift in 16.04?

I used the same procedure on Ubuntu 14.04 and I got textext working perfectly. This is killing me.

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This solved my problem too. I am using Inkscape 0.91. I found this link very useful if you are doing this for the first time: Inkscape with TexText

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I have just found the answer to my question here.

It seems the ~/.config/inkscape/extensions folder can only be accessed with root priviledges. Therefore, by default, when inkscape is launched it won't be able to load the extensions.

I downgraded the root priviledges of every files in the /extensions folder using :

sudo chown $USER:$USER ~/.config/inkscape/extensions/*

Textext is working just fine now.

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