Okay, I've been busy because slackware has been updating itself into the next release while Inkscape and Synfig haven't been. Except they are developing new versions. You can get a development version of Inkscape which works by follwing these instructions:
First: use the following for the slackbuild:
#!/bin/sh
# Slackware build script for inkscape
# Copyright 2006-2013 Robby Workman, Northport, AL, USA
# All rights reserved.
#
# Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
# permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
#
# 1. Redistributions of this script must retain the above copyright
# notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
#
# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ''AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
# WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
# MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO
# EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
# SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
# PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS;
# OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
# WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR
# OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
# ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
PRGNAM=inkscape
VERSION=${VERSION:-0.92pre1}
BUILD=${BUILD:-3}
TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
case "$( uname -m )" in
i?86) ARCH=i486 ;;
arm*) ARCH=arm ;;
*) ARCH=$( uname -m ) ;;
esac
fi
CWD=$(pwd)
TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
if [ "$ARCH" = "i486" ]; then
SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i486 -mtune=i686"
LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"
LIBDIRSUFFIX="64"
else
SLKCFLAGS="-O2"
LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
fi
set -e
rm -rf $PKG
mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
cd $TMP
rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.?z*
cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
chown -R root:root .
find -L . \
\( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 \
-o -perm 511 \) -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
\( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
-o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
#patch -p1 < $CWD/remove-stray-comma.diff
./autogen.sh
CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
./configure \
--prefix=/usr \
--libdir=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
--sysconfdir=/etc \
--localstatedir=/var \
--mandir=/usr/man \
--docdir=/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION \
--build=$ARCH-slackware-linux
make
make install DESTDIR=$PKG
find $PKG | xargs file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
| cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
find $PKG/usr/man -type f -exec gzip -9 {} \;
mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
cp -a \
AUTHORS COPYING* INSTALL NEWS README* TRANSLATORS doc/* \
$PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
find $PKG/usr/doc -name "Makefile*" -exec rm {} \;
find $PKG/usr/doc -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
mkdir -p $PKG/install
cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
cat $CWD/doinst.sh > $PKG/install/doinst.sh
cd $PKG
/sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
No copyright infringement intended.
Save the following as doinst.sh
if [ -x /usr/bin/update-desktop-database ]; then
/usr/bin/update-desktop-database usr/share/applications >/dev/null 2>&1
fi
if [ -e usr/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache ]; then
if [ -x /usr/bin/gtk-update-icon-cache ]; then
/usr/bin/gtk-update-icon-cache usr/share/icons/hicolor >/dev/null 2>&1
fi
fi
Save the following as slack-desc:
# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
|-----handy-ruler-----------------------------------------------------|
inkscape: Inkscape (Open Source vector graphics editor)
inkscape:
inkscape: Inkscape is an Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities
inkscape: similar to Illustrator, Freehand, CorelDraw, or Xara X using the W3C
inkscape: standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format.
inkscape:
inkscape: Homepage: http://www.inkscape.org/
inkscape:
inkscape:
inkscape:
inkscape:
Download this:
https://inkscape.org/en/gallery/item/9633/inkscape-0.92pre1.tar.bz2
It should compile and run on Slackware 14.1 or later. It is still the development version. But the old version doesn't run well any more, or compile easily.
