How do I install inkstitch extension in inkscape-flatpak?

LilaOrchidee@feddit.de to Linux@lemmy.ml – 11 points –

I'm running Inkscape as flatpak on Kubuntu 24.04 and I wanted to install.the Ink/Stitch extension, but somehow this doesn't seem to work like it did on the apt/ppa version. I've tried the script install from inkstitch, and I've tried to manually copy the contents of the tar.xz to the extensions subfolder in home/.var/<inkscape> and restarting inkscape, but no luck so far. I was hoping someone here could give me some helpful tips to try? thanks!

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Go to Edit > Preferences > System and check where your User Extensions folder is, then extract the xz file to there

Maybe you can also change the extensions folder in this configuration

thanks I will check this out.

edit:just extracting the tar.xz to the extensions folder and restarting inkscape-flatpak didn´t work. It was the correct folder, I tested it by installing another extension via the inkscape extensions dialog, and that popped up right there. However using the installer script from within the flatpak-cmd worked. Thanks for your help though!

Completely different extension but this one has installation instructions that have different paths for installation depending on if its flatpak

If Inkscape was installed on Linux from Flatpakthe path is more likely ~/.var/app/org.inkscape.Inkscape/config/inkscape/extensions/.

https://github.com/lifelike/hexmapextension

edit - theres an open issue talking about this, too

https://github.com/inkstitch/inkstitch/issues/1712

Maybe these steps could help? https://github.com/inkstitch/inkstitch/issues/1712#issuecomment-1751680252

thanks, I will check this out.

edit: okay that tutorial in the open issue helped a bit. I did already have the inkstitch-3.0.1-linux.sh but entering the flatpak cmd and have the script already copied to the extensions folder worked. Thanks a bunch!

Nice to see someone else using inkstitch :)

Just starting my journey with it. We'll see how it goes :-)

If we had a few more people, we could start a lemmy community about inskstitch, so we could exchange our experiences.

hmm that's an idea, we could try an inkstitch thread here first maybe? lemmy isn't that big, so splintering it too much too early might not be ideal.

I actually have embroideryware (windows, seems unmaintained now, horrible GUI but pricewise doable), that and brother canvas workspace for my cm900 are the only two things I run wine/Bottles for still.

I'm hoping to get rid of both with Inkscape (ink/stitch and inkcut, haven't looked too much at the latter yet, I'll try stitch first).

Do you happen to know of any tutorials for absolute inkscape noobs?

You got a point. Perhaps a dedicated thread or maybe a generalized machine embroidery community would be a better starting point

I never used embroideryware, but I've been using inkstitch consistently for my work, and it has been great so far. The only thing I tried to do, but found no option, is cross stitch, but I have been thinking about trying to code that and contribute to the project

About the tutorials, sorry, I know none of them. I've been learning by experimentation and trial and error