Assuming you are on Linux the following steps will build cairo from git and make inkscape use it:
mkdir ~/cairo-git
cd ~/cairo-git
git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/pixman
cd pixman
./autogen.sh --prefix=$HOME/cairo-git
make install
cd ~/cairo-git
git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/cairo
cd cairo
PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$HOME/cairo-git/lib/pkgconfig ./autogen.sh --prefix=$HOME/cairo-git
make install
Assuming you are on Linux the following steps will build cairo from git and make inkscape use it:
mkdir ~/cairo-git
cd ~/cairo-git
git clone git://anongit. freedesktop. org/git/ pixman $HOME/cairo- git
cd pixman
./autogen.sh --prefix=
make install
cd ~/cairo-git freedesktop. org/git/ cairo PATH=$HOME/ cairo-git/ lib/pkgconfig ./autogen.sh --prefix= $HOME/cairo- git
git clone git://anongit.
cd cairo
PKG_CONFIG_
make install
and then start inkscape with
LD_LIBRARY_ PATH=$HOME/ cairo-git/ lib inkscape