TexText 0.11 for Inkscape 0.92 on Windows

To install TexText 0.11 for Inkscape 0.92 on Windows do the following steps:

  1. Install dependencies of TexText 0.11 for Inkscape 0.92

  2. Install TexText

Install dependencies

Install inkscape

Download and install Inkscape 0.92.x from https://inkscape.org/release/

Warning

Please ensure that the Python 2.7 interpreter has been selected during the installation of Inkscape (by default this is the case).

Install GUI library

Install the Python bindings for the graphical user interface of TexText 0.11 for Inkscape 0.92. You have two options: PyGTK2 (recommended) or Tkinter:

Install a pdf->svg converter

Again you have two options: pdf2svg or pstoedit + ghostscript (recommended):

Install pdflatex/lualatex/xelatex

Download and install MiKTeX distribution https://miktex.org/download

Warning

Make sure that automatic package installation is either set to Never install missing packages on-the-fly or set to Always install missing packages on-the-fly. You can configure this feature during installation of MiKTeX or later in the MiKTeX console.

Install TexText

You have two options: A setup script or a GUI based installer.

Installer

If you have trouble with the setup script you can use a GUI based installer:

  1. Download the most recent installer from GitHub release page (direct links: .exe)

  2. Use the installer and follow the instructions. It will copy the required files into the user’s Inkscape configuration directory (usually this is %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Inkscape).

Note

The installer does not perform any requirement checks. This means that the extension might fail to run if you did not install the programs mentioned in Install dependencies correctly.