How to install Vectr on ubuntu 17.04

To install Vectr on Ubuntu 17.04

There are many high-end vector graphics editor like Adobe Illustrator that have an intimidating learning curve and Vectr is one among them. Unlike Adobe, Vectr is a free graphics software used for creating vector graphics easily. It is a powerful web and desktop cross-platform tool to bring your designs into reality. It breaks down complex features to be easily understandable without comprising the utility. It is really simple to install Vectr on Ubuntu 17.04, and this article covers the ground on the same process.

Installing Vectr

To start the installation procedure, you need to download the installation package using the wget command in the following manner.

root@linuxhelp:~# wget http://download.vectr.com/desktop/0.1.16/linux/Vectr-0.1.16.zip
--2017-12-19 10:46:53--  http://download.vectr.com/desktop/0.1.16/linux/Vectr-0.1.16.zip
Resolving download.vectr.com (download.vectr.com)... 104.25.221.26, 104.25.220.26
Connecting to download.vectr.com (download.vectr.com)|104.25.221.26|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 50120114 (48M) [application/zip]
Saving to: ‘ Vectr-0.1.16.zip’ 

Vectr-0.1.16.zip    100%[===================> ]  47.80M  1.01MB/s    in 51s     

2017-12-19 10:47:47 (969 KB/s) - ‘ Vectr-0.1.16.zip’  saved [50120114/50120114]

Once it is done, extract the downloaded package by making use of the following command.

root@linuxhelp:~# unzip Vectr-0.1.16.zip
Archive:  Vectr-0.1.16.zip
   creating: linux-unpacked/
  inflating: linux-unpacked/LICENSE  
  inflating: linux-unpacked/LICENSE.electron.txt  
  inflating: linux-unpacked/LICENSES.chromium.html  
  inflating: linux-unpacked/blink_image_resources_200_percent.pak  
  inflating: linux-unpacked/content_resources_200_percent.pak  
  inflating: linux-unpacked/content_shell.pak  
  inflating: linux-unpacked/icudtl.dat  
.
.
.
 inflating: linux-unpacked/ui_resources_200_percent.pak  
  inflating: linux-unpacked/vectr    
  inflating: linux-unpacked/views_resources_200_percent.pak  

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Once it is done, you need to rename the extracted directory as follows.

root@linuxhelp:~# mv linux-unpacked vectr

And then, enter into that directory by making use of the following command.

root@linuxhelp:~# cd vectr/

And list the directory as follows.

root@linuxhelp:~/vectr# ls -l
total 124908
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    24844 May 16  2017 blink_image_resources_200_percent.pak
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root       15 May 16  2017 content_resources_200_percent.pak
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10141945 May 16  2017 content_shell.pak
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10130464 May 16  2017 icudtl.dat
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  2960824 May 16  2017 libffmpeg.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 20341616 May 16  2017 libnode.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   403389 Jun  2  2017 LICENSE
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     1060 May 15  2017 LICENSE.electron.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  1708004 May 15  2017 LICENSES.chromium.html
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 Jun  2  2017 locales
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   342741 May 16  2017 natives_blob.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   139838 May 15  2017 pdf_viewer_resources.pak
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 Jun  2  2017 resources
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   993500 May 16  2017 snapshot_blob.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   163267 May 16  2017 ui_resources_200_percent.pak
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 80452368 May 16  2017 vectr
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    60144 May 16  2017 views_resources_200_percent.pak

You shall now install and execute vectr by running the follwoing command . When the command is processed, you' ll notice a dependency error.

root@linuxhelp:~/vectr# ./vectr
./vectr: error while loading shared libraries: libgconf-2.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

To solve the dependency error, you need to install the following library.

root@linuxhelp:~/vectr# sudo apt install libgconf2-4
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
libgconf2-4 is already the newest version (3.2.6-3ubuntu7).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 313 not upgraded.

And then, you shall run the command to install and open Vectr app again.

root@linuxhelp:~/vectr# ./vectr

The application is now open. It will ask for the signup, click on it.

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In the next Signup pop-up, you give details in all the fields and click signup button.

The application is now open.

With this, the isntallation of Vectr on Ubuntu 17.04 gets completed.