Install Ink/Stitch on Windows
Video Guide
We also provide beginner tutorial videos on our YouTube channel. Watch the installation process for Windows.
Requirements
That’s it! All python libraries and external dependencies are bundled (using the excellent pyinstaller), so you shouldn’t need to set anything else up.
Installation
Download
Download the release archive in your prefered language:
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Latest release: 2020-08-19 Ink/Stitch v1.29.1
The LOCALE selected affects the menus shown inside Inkscape. Ink/Stitch dialogs are in the lanugage of your OS (if that language is supported).
Your language is not available? Help us to translate the dialogs into your native language.
Extract Files
Go to Edit > Preferences > System (Inkscape 0.9) or Inkscape > Preferences > System (Inkscape 1.0) and check where your User Extensions folder is.
Your folder will most likely look like this C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Roaming\inkscape\extensions
Extract the Ink/Stitch archive directly into this folder. The file structure should look similiar to this (just a lot more files):
Run Ink/Stitch
Restart Inkscape.
You will then find Ink/Stitch under Extensions > Ink/Stitch.
Upgrade
Delete the old extension files first. Go to the extension directory and remove each inkstitch* file and folder.
Then, proceed as above.
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Troubleshoot
Ink/Stitch doesn’t show up / is greyed out
Confirm installation path
Check if files were possibly extracted into a sub-directory. You should see a lot of files starting with “inkstitch” directly inside the extension folder, beside of one folder called “inkstitch”.
Antivirus Software
Since Ink/Stitch is packed into a executable there are reports of anti-virus-software using heuristics that mark the extension as a false positive. The solution in this cases is to add the Ink/Stitch extension folder to the exception list on the av program and reinstall the extension and try again.
If your antivirus software deleted files, you will receive an error message like this:
Tried to launch: inkstitch\bin\inkstitch
Arguments: ['inkstitch\bin\inkstitch', '--id=XXX', '--extension=XXX', 'C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Local\Temp\ink_ext_XXXXXX.svgXXXXX']
Debugging information:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "inkstitch.py", line 35, in <module>
extension = subprocess.Popen(args, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
File "C:\Program Files\Inkscape\lib\python2.7/subprocess.py", line 325, in __init__ errread, errwrite)
File "C:\Program Files\Inkscape\lib\python2.7/subprocess.py", line 575, in _execute_child startupinfo)
WindowsError: [Error 2] The system cannot find the file specified
Confirm Ink/Stitch Version
Verify if you have downloaded Ink/Stitch for Windows (Download)
I installed Ink/Stitch in my native language, but the dialogue windows are displayed in English
Incomplete Translation
It is possible, that not all strings have been translated. This is indicated by some strings of text beeing in English and others in your native language. If you like to complete the translation, have a look at our description for translators.
Language Settings
We have to distinguish between the Extension menu in Inkscape and the dialogue windows. The selection of the ZIP file causes only the Extension menu to be in a certain language. The dialgoue windows are build differently. They will use the language of your operating system. If Ink/Stitch is uncertain, which language to support, it will fallback on English. You can tell Inkscape explicitly to use your native language as follows:
- Go to Edit > Preferences > Interface (Ctrl + Shift + P)
- Set your language
- Restart Inkscape
