inkscape @0.92.2_2+x11: Nothing to do

[jwflutterby]

Completely new to MacPorts I'm trying to run Inkscape. I followed the instructions from ​https://guide.macports.org (new install of Xcode 9.2 from Apple Dev site, install of Command_Line_Tools_macOS_10.13_for_Xcode_9.2, install of MacPorts-2.4.2-10.13-HighSierra.pkg) and everything looked like it went ok. Followed the Inkscape instructions and entered sudo port install inkscape at the Terminal prompt and everything looked like it went ok. Try typing inkscape at the Terminal prompt and get 'Nothing to do'... It is installed because I can type port installed inkscape and port location inkscape and get results back, just not sure what else I need to do to actually run the silly program... Mac OS 10.13.1...

[jwflutterby]

Forgot to CC maintainer, not sure how to update that after the fact, sorry!!

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[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Welcome!

Typing inkscape at the terminal should be all you need to do to launch X11 and then inkscape.

Check the other open inkscape tickets, such as #52632; maybe they are relevant.

[jwflutterby]

I reviewed that ticket before opening mine. It isn't crashing, it is simply responding with "nothing to do" when I type inkscape at the terminal prompt. One person mentioned the same issue in that ticket but I didn't see a resolution, others that were experiencing crashes due to language settings had a resolution but nothing about this issue...

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

What are your LANG and LC_ALL environment variables set to? Try the suggestions at comment:ticket:52632:13.

[pmetzger (Perry E. Metzger)]

jwflutterby: other people are having this problem. It would be very helpful if you could respond so we could try to figure out what is going on and fix the problem.

[Enneco-Gotzon]

Same issue here.

Up to date macOS & MacPorts Base.

Fresh MacPorts installation: Just only inkscape & aspell-dict-en are the only requested installed ports.

Thank you.

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

Do you have an X11 server installed?

[hellokelli]

I am having this same problem. I get the response "nothing to do" when trying to run Inkscape. I have MacOS 10.14, Xcode10.1, and MacPorts 2.5.4. Anyone ever found a fix for this?

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

Replying to hellokelli:

I am having this same problem. I get the response "nothing to do" when trying to run Inkscape. I have MacOS 10.14, Xcode10.1, and MacPorts 2.5.4. Anyone ever found a fix for this?

We are not able to reproduce this issue. As asked (again) as recently as 2 days ago, do you have X11 installed? Can you run other X11 apps like xeyes?

[oatmealchef]

I am having the same issue as well. Installed, everything looked good, no errors, but when I run inkscape in Terminal, I get "Nothing to do!" MacOS 10.14.2, Xcode 10.1, MacPorts 2.5.4,

$ port installed inkscape

inkscape @0.92.4_0+x11 (active)

You asked for the LANG and LC_ALL environment variables. This is all new to me (and probably others), but I found the command: printenv

$ printenv

LANG=en_US.UTF-8

I don't see LC_ALL in the response. I tried the commands that #52632 suggested:

export LANG=en_US
export LC_ALL=$LANG

But, it didn't seem to do anything. You also asked about X11. Is X11 the same or different from Xcode? I have Xcode installed. Is there something I need to do in Xcode? I do not have any other programs that I am trying to run in Xcode/X11 or MacPorts.

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

X11 is completely different than Xcode. The easiest way to install X11 is to install the xorg-server port and then reboot. You can install xeyes and test that first.

[oatmealchef]

Success! I installed X11 using

sudo port install xorg-server

Then rebooted. Then I installed Xeyes as you suggested for a test program:

sudo port install xeyes

from terminal I ran

xeyes

And it opened ok. I quit X11 and then from terminal ran inkscape, and it ran ok too! Thanks for your help Frank!

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

Glad you got it working. This issue is clearly due to lack of X11.

[clankill3r (Doeke Wartena)]

I have the same issue. X11 is working fine, since I use that for some other things.