when i try to open illustrator files i get a pop up error

[Jonah1980]

Couldn't load Perl module Image::Magick. Images will
be skipped.
Can't locate Image/Magick.pm in @INC (@INC contains:
/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.6/i586-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.6
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6/i586-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.6/i586-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.6
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl .) at (eval 1) line 1.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at (eval 1) line 1.

Use of uninitialized value in subtraction (-) at
/opt/gnome/share/inkscape/extensions/ill2svg.pl line
304, <> chunk 219.
Argument
"M-hM-qYRM-_M-~M-<M-okM-z_&QM-JM-e^XeM-1M-0M-P^S:cM-^YM-V..."
isn't numeric in printf at
/opt/gnome/share/inkscape/extensions/ill2svg.pl line
309, <> chunk 219.
Use of uninitialized value in printf at
/opt/gnome/share/inkscape/extensions/ill2svg.pl line
310, <> chunk 219.
Use of uninitialized value in printf at
/opt/gnome/share/inkscape/extensions/ill2svg.pl line
311, <> chunk 219.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or
string at
/opt/gnome/share/inkscape/extensions/ill2svg.pl line
315, <> chunk 219.
Use of uninitialized value in subtraction (-) at
/opt/gnome/share/inkscape/extensions/ill2svg.pl line
304, <> chunk 262.
Use of uninitialized value in printf at
/opt/gnome/share/inkscape/extensions/ill2svg.pl line
309, <> chunk 262.
Use of uninitialized value in printf at
/opt/gnome/share/inkscape/extensions/ill2svg.pl line
310, <> chunk 262.
Use of uninitialized value in printf at
/opt/gnome/share/inkscape/extensions/ill2svg.pl line
311, <> chunk 262.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or
string at
/opt/gnome/share/inkscape/extensions/ill2svg.pl line
315, <> chunk 262.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or
string at
/opt/gnome/share/inkscape/extensions/ill2svg.pl line
315, <> chunk 262.
Use of uninitialized value in subtraction (-) at
/opt/gnome/share/inkscape/extensions/ill2svg.pl line
304, <> chunk 263.
Use of uninitialized value in printf at
/opt/gnome/share/inkscape/extensions/ill2svg.pl line
309, <> chunk 263.
Use of uninitialized value in printf at
/opt/gnome/share/inkscape/extensions/ill2svg.pl line
310, <> chunk 263.
Use of uninitialized value in printf at
/opt/gnome/share/inkscape/extensions/ill2svg.pl line
311, <> chunk 263.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or
string at
/opt/gnome/share/inkscape/extensions/ill2svg.pl line
315, <> chunk 263.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or
string at
/opt/gnome/share/inkscape/extensions/ill2svg.pl line
315, <> chunk 263.
Use of uninitialized value in subtraction (-) at
/opt/gnome/share/inkscape/extensions/ill2svg.pl line
304, <> chunk 264.
Argument "M-,2^YTM-,M-\n^A[2M-5M-^[M-^ZM-(M-sM-<" isn't
numeric in printf at
/opt/gnome/share/inkscape/extensions/ill2svg.pl line
309, <> chunk 264.
Use of uninitialized value in printf at
/opt/gnome/share/inkscape/extensions/ill2svg.pl line
310, <> chunk 264.
Use of uninitialized value in printf at
/opt/gnome/share/inkscape/extensions/ill2svg.pl line
311, <> chunk 264.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or
string at
/opt/gnome/share/inkscape/extensions/ill2svg.pl line
315, <> chunk 264.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

According to the error messages you're getting, you need to
install Image::Magick. You can do this via `cpan -i
Image::Magick` or through your distro's normal installation
purposes.

However, it's probably not worth the effort. Inkscape only
loads Illustrator files of version 7 or earlier, and even
then the import is imperfect and you can expect some
features to be lost.

A better solution is to load the file into Scribus and save
as SVG, then load it into Inkscape.