Inkscape Extension Install An Extension

We will show you a simple step by step guide to install an extension to Inkscape in Ubuntu.

Basically every GNULinux user may apply this guide because the steps are the same.

It sounds simple but you will need root access to do it in GNULinux.

Picture below showing where is the directory location the extension need to be placed.

In Nautilus, access Computer place go to usrshareinkscapeextensions and see the extension files.

You may visit Inkscape wiki extension collection page and get one extension.

For this article, we demonstrate NiceCharts installation as an example.

Inkscape Extension Zip Sized Around

Download NiceCharts from (visit and press download button there) you will get a package file named NiceCharts-master.zip sized around 8 KB.

To do it, extract the.zip file (or sometimes.tar) in your HOME directory (just to make it easy).

In example of NiceCharts, after extracting you will get a folder NiceCharts-master containing one.inx file and two.p y files.

Those files are the NiceCharts extension.

You must place all the files as is in this directory, excluding the folder.

Make sure you place the NiceCharts-master directory in your HOME.

To do it, open your Terminal (CtrlAltT) and perform this command: sudo -v NiceCharts-master.py,inx usrshareinkscapeextensions.

After performing this command, you must see correct output like this: homemasterNiceCharts-masternicechartcolors.py - usrshareinkscapeextensionsnicechartcolors.py.

Step 4: check whether it is installed successfully in Inkscape.

If you can not find the extension name below the Extensions menu, then restart Inkscape first.

In example of NiceCharts, you find it in Extensions Render NiceCharts.

Indeed, NiceCharts is an extension to produce chart graphic automatically in Inkscape.