sK1:Corel & Adobe Illustrator Alternative for Linux

If you are vector/logo designer, and beginner in Linux, maybe will be need this great alternative for your graphic design software, this is sK1, it is an open-source illustration program that can substitute professional proprietary software like Corel Draw or Adobe Illustrator*.

sK1 screenshots

sK1 0.9.1 prerelease snapshot rev.730

The snapshot includes fixes for latest Python versions.

Source code tarball
sk1-0.9.1pre_rev730.tar.gz 1236 kb
Mandriva 2008
sk1-0.9.1pre_rev730-0.mdv2008.i586.rpm 1988 kb
Mandriva 2009
sk1-0.9.1pre-7.1.i586.rpm 1.4 Mb
Fedora 10
sk1-0.9.1pre-7.1.i386.rpm 2.0 Mb
OpenSUSE 11.1
sk1-0.9.1pre-7.1.i586.rpm 1.6 Mb
Ubuntu 9.04
sk1_0.9.1pre_rev730-1_i386.deb 2213 kb
Ubuntu 9.04 64bit
sk1_0.9.1pre_rev730-1_amd64.deb 2238 kb
Package for Ubuntu 9.04 64bit is provided by Stani Michiels . Many thanks Stani! :)
Installation guides for Ubuntu 9.04
Please note that this package is created by alien command so package doesn’t store dependencies.
You need installing following packages in this order:

  • tcl-8.5
  • tk-8.5
  • python-imaging
  • python-imaging-tk
  • python-liblcms
  • python-reportlab

To install all the packages you can use following command:

    apt-get install tcl8.5 tk8.5 python-imaging python-imaging-tk python-liblcms python-reportlab

To install sK1 use following command:

    dpkg -i sk1_0.9.1pre_rev730-1_i386.deb

And after that you can installing sK1 package. To run sK1 press Alt-F2 and type command “sk1″

Also Stani has provided PPA for sK1. Details you can find on the following link:
http://pythonide.blogspot.com/2009/05/sk1-vector-graphics-editor-is-now.html

sK1 0.9.0 First public release (Montreal release) rev.716

Source code tarball
sK1-0.9.0.tar.gz 1235 kb
Mandriva 2008
sK1-0.9.0-1.mdv2008.i586.rpm 1988 kb

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