Instead of inkscape, name package for rsvg-convert. Unfortunately, the package name varies wildly among distros. Adjust surrounding text accordingly. Signed-off-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@xxxxxxxxx> --- FAQ-BUILD.txt | 23 +++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/FAQ-BUILD.txt b/FAQ-BUILD.txt index e9719a60..e86dffb7 100644 --- a/FAQ-BUILD.txt +++ b/FAQ-BUILD.txt @@ -40,11 +40,13 @@ Alternatively, you can use the container image described in #13 below. Otherwise, instructions follow. - On Ubuntu Focal and later, the following list should cover + On Ubuntu jammy and later, the following list should cover necessary packages (except for -doc packages): texlive-publishers texlive-pstricks texlive-science texlive-fonts-extra - xfig inkscape graphviz + xfig librsvg2-bin graphviz + + On Ubuntu focal, install inkscape instead of librsvg2-bin. On Fedora, installing the following set of packages suffices: @@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ texlive-collection-latexextra texlive-collection-fontsextra texlive-collection-fontutils - transfig graphviz inkscape + transfig graphviz librsvg2-tools On other Linux distributions such as RHEL/CentOS and Scientific Linux, where support of TeX Live packages @@ -70,7 +72,20 @@ Besides TeX Live, you need the following list of packages: - fig2dev (or transfig) graphviz inkscape + fig2dev (or transfig) graphviz librsvg2-tools + (or librsvg2-bin, rsvg-convert, etc.) + + Note: For building on Git repo prior to January 2024, you need + inkscape as well. + + Preferred SVG --> PDF converter is rsvg-convert >= v2.57. + rsvg-convert v2.52 should also suffice. If there is + no inkscape installed, any version of rsvg-convert is + used for the conversion, albeit there can be poor looking + figures in the end. + You can continue building perfbook without rsvg-convert + if you have inkscape, that is, as long as command-line + mode inkscape works reliably... 6. I cannot build perfbook, and the perfbook.log file complains about some obscure package being missing. What do I do? -- 2.34.1
