As per the instructions on the website, I used the PPA as instructed at https://code.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/+archive/ubuntu/stable
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to inkscape in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1725418 Title: libpoppler64 uninstallable on Ubuntu 17.10 (Artful Aardvark) Status in inkscape package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: When I try to install Inkscape (v0.92) on my Ubuntu 17.10 OS, it fails as libpoppler64 is not available for this Ubuntu version. $ sudo apt install inkscape Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies. inkscape : Depends: libpoppler64 (>= 0.48.0) but it is not installable Recommends: libwmf-bin Recommends: perlmagick Recommends: python-lxml but it is not going to be installed Recommends: python-numpy but it is not going to be installed Recommends: python-scour but it is not going to be installed Recommends: python-uniconvertor but it is not going to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. The libpoppler64 package has been replaced by the libpoppler68 package (https://packages.ubuntu.com/artful/libpoppler68) on Ubuntu 17.10. A suggested fix would be to install libpoppler68, and if that is unavailable, use libpoppler64. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/inkscape/+bug/1725418/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp