r/Inkscape • u/culturalproduct • 3d ago

Help Inkscape internal error, closes

I installed Inkscape on my M1 Mac, no problem there.

I installed it on my older i5 Intel Mac, OS 10.15, but it launches, and after a minute, says "...encountered an internal error, closing... and shuts down. Ive tried 1.4 (current) and 1.2.2, both do it.

Before I spend hours on this - is there a known version that works with Mac 10.15? Has anyone else been using 1.4 on a Mac OS from around then?

TIA

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u/adambelis 2d ago edited 20h ago

sorry inkscape 1.0+ is not supported for Mac 10.15
so you are stacked on 0.925
https://inkscape-manuals.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installing-on-mac.html#installing-inkscape-on-os-x-10-7-10-10

edit:
it seems that inkscape 1.4 shod support High Sierra 10.13

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u/adambelis 2d ago edited 20h ago

hmm I may be wrong here maybe 1.1.2 could also work ?
https://inkscape.org/release/inkscape-1.1.2/

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u/culturalproduct 2d ago

I read the download pages but it’s not clear, so I was facing just installing and deleting version after version. Thought maybe it was an issue faced by others before.

I’ll have to just go at it.

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u/adambelis 2d ago

i agree this is not properly documented on website i will try to fix that

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u/RedDotHorizon 1d ago

You're getting something mixed up. Minimum OS on Intel is currently High Sierra 10.13.

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u/adambelis 20h ago

yeha sorry it seems that i am totaly worng here

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u/canis_artis 2d ago edited 2d ago

I'm using Inkscape v1.4 on MacOS 10.14.6 with no issue.

I do have XQuartz v2.7.7 installed for WINE but I don't know if that is helping Inkscape or not.

Update: Used AppCleaner to remove XQuartz, restarted, and Inkscape opened OK.

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u/culturalproduct 2d ago

Interesting.

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u/canis_artis 1d ago

You could use AppCleaner to remove Inkscape and try re-installing it.