title: Skencil / Download

<p>
<strong>The Skencil Project is looking for packaging help.</strong>
We hope to provide current binary packages for many systems
from this page or point people to the packages for their distribution.
</p>
<p>
Unstable binaries might be available from the
<a href="devel.html#N1">development page</a>.</p>

<h2>Skencil</h2>
<p>You can download Skencil either in source form or as binaries.
Please note that Skencil needs some <strong>additional
software</strong> to run, some of which is probably not yet
installed on your system. See <a href="#N2">below</a> for more
information.</p>

<dl>
<dt><b>Sources:</b></dt>
<dd>
<p>Tarball:
<a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/sketch/skencil-0.6.17.tar.gz">
skencil-0.6.17.tar.gz</a><br /></p>
<p>The tarball contains installation instructions and some
documentation.
<br>
For building on Mac OS X, see 
<a href="http://midtoad.homelinux.org/wp/?p=116"
>Running Skencil on Mac OS X</a> by Stewart Midwinter.
</p></dd>
<dt><b>Binaries (current)</b></dt>
<dd>
<br />

<dl> <!--2-->

<dt><b>Fedora Core 4,3,2,1; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4,3 and Red Hat 9,8</b></dt>

<dd>
<p>Axel Thimm has picked up Skencil for in his  
ATrpms apt / yum repository.
You might want  
<a href="http://atrpms.physik.fu-berlin.de/name/skencil/">Skencil</a>
and 
<a href="http://atrpms.physik.fu-berlin.de/name/PIL/">PIL</a>.</p>
</dd>



<dt><b><a name="debian">Debian</a></b></dt>
<dd>

<p>Daniel Baumann is the maintainer for the
<a href="http://packages.qa.debian.org/s/skencil.html"
>Skencil Debian packages</a>.
</p>

<p>
A backported package for sarge is available on <a href="http://backports.org">backports.org</a><br>
</p>
<p>Add the following line to your sourcelist:<br>
deb http://www.backports.org/debian/ sarge-backports main
</p>
<p>
Thanks to Gregor Hoffleit (former Debian Maintainer).
</p>
</dd>

<dt><b>Suse 9.2 9.1 9.0 8.2</b></dt>
<dd>

<p>Joel Biddier offers 
<a href="http://home.comcast.net/~jbiddier/suse/"
>Suse packages 
and nice installation tutorials</a>.
Hint: Check out the blue links at the top.
</p>
</dd>

<br />
<br /></dd>
</dl> <!--2-->

<dt><b>Binaries (older)</b></dt>
<dd>
<br />

<dl> <!--2-->
<dt><b><a name="mandriva">Mandriva</a> (former Mandrake)</b></dt>
<dd><p>
	Mandriva ships Skencil packages, at least you can get
	them from their cooker and the mirrors.
	At time of writing (January 2006) Mandriva only has 0.6.16 "skencil"
	and the fonts are missconfigured. There is
	a solution outlined in 
	<a href="http://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=20899"
	>Mandriva Issue#20899</a>. 
	Please also vote for the pledge to packages the lastest version:
	<a href="http://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=20899"
	>Mandriva Issue#20673</a>. 
			
</p></dd>

<dt><b>Red Hat 7.x</b></dt>
<dd>
<p>i386:
<a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/sketch/sketch-0.6.15-1-rh7x.i386.rpm">
sketch-0.6.15-1-rh7x.i386.rpm</a><br />
 i686:
<a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/sketch/sketch-0.6.15-1-rh7x.i686.rpm">
sketch-0.6.15-1-rh7x.i686.rpm</a></p></dd>
<dt><b>Red Hat 8.x</b></dt>
<dd>
<p>i386:
<a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/sketch/sketch-0.6.15-1-rh8x.i386.rpm">
sketch-0.6.15-1-rh8x.i386.rpm</a><br />
 i686:
<a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/sketch/sketch-0.6.15-1-rh8x.i686.rpm">
sketch-0.6.15-1-rh8x.i686.rpm</a></p>
<p>All RPMs were built by Andy Grimberg.</p></dd>
<dt><b>Slackware</b></dt>
<dd>
<p>
<a href="<!--download root-->/packages/slackware/8.1/sketch-0.6.14-i386-1.tgz">Sketch
0.6.14 for Slackware 8.1</a><br />
 <a href="<!--download root-->/packages/slackware">More Slackware
packages</a><br /></p>
<p>All the Slackware packages were built by Jeffrey Boser. If there
are problems, you can reach him at
<a href="mailto:verin@lvcm.com">verin@lvcm.com</a>.</p></dd>
<dt><b>SuSE 6.x and Red Hat 6</b></dt>
<dd>
<p>
<a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/sketch/sketch-0.6.12-1.i386.rpm">
sketch-0.6.12-1.i386.rpm</a><br />
 (You also need the <a href="#N2">Python Imaging Library</a>)</p>
<p>This is a relocatable rpm that by default installs Sketch into
<tt>/usr/bin</tt>, <tt>/usr/lib/sketch-0.6.12/</tt> and
<tt>/usr/doc/packages/sketch/</tt>. If you want to install it
somewhere else, use rpm's --prefix option.</p>
<p>The RPM was built on a RedHat 6 system.</p></dd>
<dt><b>SuSE 7.2</b></dt>
<dd>
<p><a href="mailto:Marcel.Ritter@rrze.uni-erlangen.de">Marcel
Ritter</a> has contributed a binary RPM for
<a href="<!--download root-->/packages/suse//7.2/sketch-0.6.12-1.i386.rpm">SuSE
7.2 on i386</a>.</p></dd>
<dt><b>SuSE 7.1</b></dt>
<dd>
<p><a href="mailto:Marcel.Ritter@rrze.uni-erlangen.de">Marcel
Ritter</a> has contributed a binary RPM for
<a href="<!--download root-->/packages/suse//7.1/sketch-0.6.12-1.sparc64.rpm">SuSE
7.1 on Sparc</a>.</p></dd>
<dt><b>Red Hat 7</b></dt>
<dd>
<p>Michael Walton has provided some RPMs specifically for Red Hat
7. Please have a look at the
<a href="<!--download root-->/packages/redhat/7.0/README">README</a>:<br />
 <a href="<!--download root-->/packages/redhat/7.0/sketch-0.6.8-1.i386.rpm">sketch-0.6.8-1.i386.rpm</a><br />
 <a href="<!--download root-->/packages/redhat/7.0/python-imaging-1.1.3-2ajg-rh7x.i386.rpm">python-imaging-1.1.3-2ajg-rh7x.i386.rpm</a><br />
</p></dd>
<dt><b>Linux PPC</b></dt>
<dd>
<p>Eric Marston has contributed a
<a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/sketch/sketch-0.6.10-1.ppc.rpm">
Binary RPM of Sketch 0.6.10 for Linux PPC</a>. Newer versions may
be available in Linux PPC's
<a href="http://linuxppc.org/software/index/contrib/">contrib
section</a></p></dd>
<dt><b>Alpha</b></dt>
<dd>
<p>Philipp Reisner has contributed an
<a href="http://www.ist.org/~kde/rpms/sketch-0.6.5-2.alpha.rpm">RPM
of Sketch 0.6.5 for Alpha Linux</a>.</p></dd></dl>
<br />
</dd>
</dl><!--2-->
</dl>
 
<h2>Other software</h2>
<h3><a name="N2" id="N2">Python and Python Extensions</a></h3>
<p>The python interpreter is not included in the Skencil sources.
You have to download and install it separately. You need at least
version 1.5.1.</p>
<p>In addition to the interpreter itself, you need the Python
Imaging Library (PIL).</p>
<dl>
<dt><b>Sources:</b></dt>
<dd>
<p>If you want to compile python yourself, download the sources of
the interpreter and the PIL:</p>
<p>
<a href="http://python.org/download/">http://python.org/download/</a><br />

 <a href="http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/index.htm">http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/index.htm</a></p>
<p>If you want to use the SVG import filter, you also need the
<a href="http://www.python.org/topics/xml/download.html">Python XML
package</a>. This package is optional, you don't need it for
anything other that the SVG import filter.</p>
<p>If you want to use the PDF export filter, you also need
<a href="http://www.reportlab.com/">reportlab</a>. This package is
optional, you don't need it for anything other than the PDF export
filter.</p></dd>
<dt><b>Binaries:</b></dt>
<dd>
<dl>
<dt><b>GNU/Linux Distributions:</b></dt>
<dd>
<p>Most recent Linux distributions include a suitable Python
interpreter but not the PIL. Some distributions split the Python
interpreter into several packages. You need to install the packages
that install the interpreter proper and the Tk interface Tkinter.
If you want to compile Skencil or the PIL yourself, you may also
have to install a 'python-devel' package.</p>
<dl>
<dt><b>Red Hat</b></dt>
<dd>
<p>7.x:
<a href="<!--download root-->/packages/redhat/7.0/python-imaging-1.1.3-2ajg-rh7x.i386.rpm">
python-imaging-1.1.3-2ajg-rh7x.i386.rpm</a><br />
 8.x:
<a href="<!--download root-->/packages/redhat/8.0/python-imaging-1.1.3-2ajg-rh8x.i386.rpm">
python-imaging-1.1.3-2ajg-rh8x.i386.rpm</a></p>
<p>Both RPMs were built by Andy Grimberg.</p></dd>
<dt><b>Slackware</b></dt>
<dd>
<p>
<a href="<!--download root-->/packages/slackware/8.1/python-2.2-PIL-1.1.3.tgz">PIL
1.1.3 (Slackware 8.1)</a><br />
 <a href="<!--download root-->/packages/slackware">Other Slackware
packages</a></p>
<p>All the Slackware packages were built by Jeffrey Boser. If there
are problems, you can reach him at
<a href="mailto:verin@lvcm.com">verin@lvcm.com</a>.</p></dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
 
<h3>Tcl/Tk</h3>
<p>It is likely that you have this already, but if not, you can get
it from</p>
<p>
<a href="http://www.scriptics.com/software/download.html">http://www.scriptics.com/software/download.html</a></p>
<p>Any version from 8.0 to 8.3 should work.</p>