Inkscape 0.48.5 is released, install on Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Elementary OS, Linux Lite, Peppermint, Deepin and ubuntu derivative system [ppa]

Inkscape 0.48.5 is released, install on Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Ubuntu 13.10/13.04/2.04, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Elementary OS 0.2 Luna, Peppermint Five, Deepin 2014, LXLE 14.04, Linux Lite 2.0, Linux Lite 2.2 and other Ubuntu derivative systems via PPA


Inkscape is an award winning and cross-platform software project that provides you with a professional-grade SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) editor application, which sole purpose is to be an open source and completely free alternative to commercial products with similar capabilities, such as Visio, Corel Draw or Adobe Illustrator.

What's New in version 0.48.5

• Regression fixes:
• Many small regressions in the node tool were fixed. Here are some examples:

Features at a glance

Key features include object creation, object manipulation, fill and stroke, operations on paths, text support and rendering. It includes a pencil tool, a pen tool, calligraphy tool, a shape tool for creating rectangles, ellipses, polygons, stars and spirals, a text tool, embedded bitmaps and clone creator.

Additionally, the application allows the user to move, scale, rotate, skew, raise, lower, group and align objects, as well as to manipulate layers. Other useful tools include path markers, dashed strokes, pattern fills, color selector, color selector, gradient editor, node ed

Availability

On GNU/Linux and BSD, the application is available for download only as a source archive that must be configured, compiled and installed manually. Therefore, all Linux and BSD users are urged to instlall Inkscape from the default software repositories of their distribution.

To Install/Update Inkscape 0.48.5 on Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Ubuntu 13.10/13.04/2.04, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Elementary OS 0.2 Luna, Peppermint Five, Deepin 2014, LXLE 14.04, Linux Lite 2.0, Linux Lite 2.2 and other Ubuntu derivative systems via PPA, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:inkscape.dev/stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install inkscape

Also, if you are a bleeding edge software enthusiast, you can install Inkscape 0.49 (unstable) on your Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Ubuntu 13.10/13.04/2.04, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Elementary OS 0.2 Luna, Peppermint Five, Deepin 2014, LXLE 14.04, Linux Lite 2.0, Linux Lite 2.2 and other Ubuntu derivative systems, via a third party PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cafuego/inkscape
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install inkscape

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