Inkscape - The Best Vector Graphics App for Ubuntu

Inkscape is a free and open source vector graphics editor app available for Ubuntu and other Linux distributions. If you are a web designer, illustrator or someone who just want to create some vector graphics drawing, Inkscape is for you.

Table of Contents

Inkscape Feature Summary

Object creation

Drawing: pencil tool (freehand drawing with simple paths), pen tool (creating Bézier curves and straight lines), calligraphy tool (freehand drawing using filled paths representing calligraphic strokes)
Shape tools: rectangles (may have rounded corners), ellipses (includes circles, arcs, segments), stars/polygons (can be rounded and/or randomized), spirals
Text tool (multi-line text, full on-canvas editing)
Embedded bitmaps (with a command to create and embed bitmaps of selected objects)
Clones (“live” linked copies of objects), including a tool to create patterns and arrangements of clones

Object manipulation

Transformations (moving, scaling, rotating, skewing), both interactively and by specifying exact numeric values
Z-order operations (raising and lowering)
Grouping objects (“select in group” without ungrouping, or “enter the group” making it a temporary layer)
Layers (lock and/or hide individual layers, rearrange them, etc; layers can form a hierarchical tree)
Alignment and distribution commands

Fill and stroke

Color selector (RGB, HSL, CMYK, color wheel, CMS)
Color picker tool
Copy/paste style
A gradient editor capable of multi-stop gradients
Pattern fills (bitmap/vectors)
Dashed strokes, with many predefined dash patterns
Path markers (ending, middle and/or beginning marks, e.g. arrowheads)

Operations on paths

Node editing: moving nodes and Bezier handles, node alignment and distribution, etc.
Converting to path (for text objects or shapes), including converting stroke to path
Boolean operations
Path simplification, with variable threshold
Path insetting and outsetting, including dynamic and linked offset objects
Bitmap tracing (both color and monochrome paths)

Text support

Multi-line text
Uses any installed outline fonts, including right-to-left scripts
Kerning, letterspacing, linespacing adjustments
Text on path (both text and path remain editable)
Text in shape (fill shape following stroke)

Rendering

Fully anti-aliased display
Alpha transparency support for display and PNG export
Complete “as you drag” rendering of objects during interactive transformations

Misc

Live watching and editing the document tree in the XML editor
PNG, OpenDocument Drawing, DXF, sk1, PDF, EPS and PostScript export formats and more
Command line options for export and conversions
Perfectly compliant SVG format file generation and editing

Feature Credits: inkscape.org

How to Install Inkscape

Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, elementary

Installation via Terminal
sudo apt-get install inkscape

Run

Type Inkscape in dash. Click the launcher icon.
For Gnome, go to Applications -> Graphics -> Inkscape

Troubleshooting and Support

If you face any issues while installing or using Inkscape, you may drop a note using comment section at the end of this article, Or you can post your query in any of the support channels mentioned below.