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From: Brian Inglis via Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com>
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On 2023-11-21 21:33, René Berber via Cygwin wrote:
> On 11/21/2023 10:23 PM, J.F. Huesman via Cygwin wrote:
> 
>> I installed inkscape 0.92.3-1 using the cygwin update program.Calling
>> inkscape does nothing. 
> [snip]
> 
> All graphical apps use Cygwin/X (or any X Windows).

To check that Cygwin/X server is installed:

	$ which xinit xwin
	/usr/bin/xinit
	/usr/bin/xwin

if not then install xinit and that pulls in all the other machinery.

Or you can display on a remote host X server using e.g.

	$ DISPLAY=<REMOTE-HOST>:0 inkscape ... &

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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis              Calgary, Alberta, Canada

La perfection est atteinte                   Perfection is achieved
non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter  not when there is no more to add
mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retirer     but when there is no more to cut
                                 -- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry


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