TexText on Windows¶

To install TexText on Windows do the following steps:

Install dependencies of TexText
Install TexText

Install dependencies¶

Install inkscape¶

Download and install Inkscape 0.92.x from https://inkscape.org/release/

Warning

Please ensure that the Python 2.7 interpreter has been selected during the installation of Inkscape (by default this is the case).

Install GUI library¶

Install the Python bindings for the graphical user interface of TexText. You have two options: PyGTK2 (recommended) or Tkinter:

Install PyGTK2 (recommended)¶

Install the package that matches your Inkscape version:

Inkscape 0.92.2 (32-bit , 64-bit)

Inkscape 0.92.3 (32-bit , 64-bit)

Inkscape 0.92.0 - 0.92.1 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Install Tkinter (not recommended)¶

Tkinter is already included in the Python installation shipped with Inkscape.

Warning

Tk support is broken in Inkscape 0.92.2, fixed in 0.92.3

Install a pdf->svg converter¶

Again you have two options: pdf2svg or pstoedit + ghostscript (recommended):

Install pstoedit (recommended)¶

Download and install pstoedit-3.73 (32-bit, 64-bit)
Download and install ghostcript-9.26 (32-bit, 64-bit)

Install pdf2svg¶

Install the pdf2svg package from https://github.com/textext/pdf2svg/releases

Install pdflatex/lualatex/xelatex¶

Download and install MiKTeX distribution https://miktex.org/download

Install TexText¶

You have two options: A setup script or a GUI based installer.

Setup script (recommended)¶

Download the most recent package from GitHub release page (direct links: .zip)
Extract the package and change into the created directory.
Double click on the file setup_win.bat. The script will check if all requirements described in Install dependencies are met. If so, it will install the extension files into the user’s Inkscape configuration directory (usually this is %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Inkscape). If not, instructions are given helping to fix the problem. Unfortunately, the output of the script will not be colored on Windows versions < 10 18.03.

Note

If you would like to skip the requirement checks during installation call the script from the command line as follows:

setup_win.bat /p:"--skip-requirements-check"

Installer¶

If you have trouble with the setup script you can use a GUI based installer:

Download the most recent installer from GitHub release page (direct links: .exe)
Use the installer and follow the instructions. It will copy the required files into the user’s Inkscape configuration directory (usually this is %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Inkscape).

Note

The installer does not perform any requirement checks. This means that the extension might fail to run if you did not install the programs mentioned in Install dependencies correctly.