I already got a fix in line (I'm about to commit the branch for review) that will fix this issue as well as some similar issues (given it does not create any regressions).
That being said Inkscape is supposed to create the whole directory structure in "/inkscape" (including "keys" folder on first start if a "preferences.xml" is missing, see [1].
Might it be you already (only) had the "preferences.xml" for some other reason (e.g. copied manually)? In that case the necessary folders are *not* created (which could cause additional issues), so it might be helpful if you could check for other issues of the kind.
I already got a fix in line (I'm about to commit the branch for review) that will fix this issue as well as some similar issues (given it does not create any regressions).
That being said Inkscape is supposed to create the whole directory structure in "/inkscape" (including "keys" folder on first start if a "preferences.xml" is missing, see [1].
Might it be you already (only) had the "preferences.xml" for some other reason (e.g. copied manually)? In that case the necessary folders are *not* created (which could cause additional issues), so it might be helpful if you could check for other issues of the kind.
[1] https:/ /gitlab. com/inkscape/ inkscape/ blob/342812bdbc 6b67ab096c6e9c5 5bf5370163a2863 /src/preference s.cpp#L133- 156