Inkscape 0.92.1 Released with Various Fixes [PPA]

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Inkscape 0.92.1, a new stability and bugfix release of the open-source vector graphics editor, has been released days ago.

Inkscape 0.92.1 brings mainly following bug-fixes:

Text: baseline-spacing related issues with regular and flowed text in legacy Inkscape SVG files
Text: Default baseline spacing stored in relative units is always converted to document units
Path effects: Crash on ungroup if group contains elements with path effects
Clipboard: Pasting a path effect from clipboard fails
Clipboard: Fix copy&pasting of groups which contain elements with path effects
Selection: Node tool can selected objects on locked layers
Clones: Critical warnings with clones and symbols
About screen missing for several UI languages
Selection: Missing transformation handles after reset of rotation center
Bitmap images: Crash when opening files with invalid image links
Bitmap images: Fix path separators in relative image links (Windows)
File import: Failure to open CDR/Visio/WPG files from paths with special characters

There are also documentation and translation updates.

The new release has been made into the official stable PPA for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 14.04, and also Ubuntu 16.10, Ubuntu 17.04, Linux Mint 17 & 18.

1. To add the PPA, open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:inkscape.dev/stable

Type in your password when it prompts and hit Enter.

2. Then you can upgrade Inkscape from existing release using Software Updater (Update Manager) utility.

Or install /upgrade the software via either Synaptic Package Manager or following command:

sudo apt update && sudo apt install inkscape

To uninstall and downgrade Inkscape to the original version available in Ubuntu main repositories, purge the PPA via ppa-purge tool:

sudo apt install ppa-purge && sudo ppa-purge ppa:inkscape.dev/stable