Thanks for the post … I found on Ibis (8.10) that I had to include libgsl0-dev in the list of dependencies.
I’m also trying to use this with JavaFX 1.1 and it seems they’ve changed some of the syntax to the point where the exported .fx is full of errors when I import into netbeans … eg: package javafx.application does not exist, package javafx.scene.geometry does not exist, the private keyword is no longer supported … etc.
Do you know if anyone’s working on a 1.1 compliant version.
I’d be happy to help.

Cheers,
tc.

./configure –prefix=/opt/inkscape

Is how I actually use it.

Patola, a simple rule on critisism – if you give it, make it constructive. If there are good ways of improving on Silveira’s recommended procedure, then please share it with the same care he used in the first place. I would loooove to know of the best way to go about it, and I’m sure Silveira, would be open for suggestions. Let’s not do the Microsoft thing and treat other people like nobodies. Ubuntu means Together! Let’s work Together. Let’s work Ubuntu!!!!

./configure; make is a perfectly viable way for partisans in a project to get the latest version. Occasionally one needs to go to the source to get the “real thing.” Often, distros and packagers inject bugs into otherwise stable builds. In Inkscape’s case, there is no devel/user schism…. everyone is a developer.

There is apt-build, dpkg-buildpackage and several good recipes on the internet that tell how to use a newer tarball or svn tree to build a new .deb. It is very close to your explanation, but does not spread hundreds of files outside the reach of your dpkg database.

So close, and you missed just the important part. I could swallow it if you recommended sometuing as checkinstall, but this is preposterous.