Installing Sozi

The current stable version is 13.05 (May 2013).

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Sozi is available in repositories for the following distributions :

• Archlinux (AUR)
• Ubuntu (PPA)
• Debian
• Fedora

Sozi depends on the following packages:

• Inkscape 0.48
• Python 2.7
• PyGTK 2.24 and Python bindings for Glade2 (Ubuntu provides them in separate packages python-gtk2 and python-glade2)
• LXML for Python 2

Inkscape extensions can be installed in two different locations:

• in the extensions folder for all users (/usr/share/inkscape/extensions/)
• in your home folder (~/.config/inkscape/extensions)

If you are upgrading from version 13.01 or earlier, you should uninstall the previous version by removing all files whose names begin with “sozi”.

Unzip the archive sozi-release-[…].zip. You should get a folder named archive sozi-release-[…]. Copy the content of this folder into one of the above locations. Check that the subfolder “sozi” has “execute” permissions for all users.

Start or relaunch Inkscape. You should now see an item “Sozi” in the “Extensions” menu.

You can now create your first presentation.

If you are upgrading from version 13.01 or earlier, you should uninstall the previous version by removing all files whose names begin with “sozi” from C:\Program Files\Inkscape\share\extensions.

These instructions have been tested with Inkscape 0.48, Python 2.7 and PyGTK 2.24. Use the 32-bit versions of these packages :

1. Install Inkscape using the Windows 32-bit installer. The default installation location is C:\Program Files\Inkscape
2. Install Python 2.7. Use the default Windows 32-bit installer, not the one for x86_64. The default installation location is C:\Python27
3. Install LXML for Python 2.7 and Windows 32-bit (win32).
4. Install PyGTK 2.24. Choose the “all-in-one” installer for Python 2.7 and Windows 32-bit (win32).
5. Copy C:\Python27 into C:\Program Files\Inkscape
6. Rename C:\Program Files\Inkscape\python as C:\Program Files\Inkscape\python26
7. Rename C:\Program Files\Inkscape\Python27 as C:\Program Files\Inkscape\python
8. Unzip the archive sozi-release-[…].zip. You should get a folder named archive sozi-release-[…]. Copy the content of this folder into C:\Program Files\Inkscape\share\extensions.

Start or relaunch Inkscape. You should now see an item “Sozi” in the “Extensions” menu.

You can now create your first presentation.

Damien Riquet provides detailed instructions to install Sozi on MacOS X with the official release of Inkscape. This is the recommended method.

An alternative way to install Inkscape and Sozi on MacOS X consists in using the Fink distribution. However, the complete installation process can take several hours.

If you are upgrading from version 13.01 or earlier, you should uninstall the previous version by removing all files whose names begin with “sozi” from /sw/share/inkscape/extensions.

1. Install Fink. During the setup process, enable the “unstable” tree.
2. Install Inkscape, lxml and PyGTK by typing the following command in a terminal window:

     fink install inkscape python lxml-py27 pygtk2-gtk-py27

3. Unzip the archive sozi-release-[…].zip. You should get a folder named archive sozi-release-[…]. Copy the content of this folder into /sw/share/inkscape/extensions.

Start or relaunch Inkscape (using the command line). You should now see an item “Sozi” in the “Extensions” menu.

You can now create your first presentation.