Comment 7 for bug 496223

> waiting on bug #946715

<quote from #946715>
in inkscape, if libgnomevfs2-extra is not installed, the import from openclipart.org will fail.
</quote #946715>

Note: in the next major stable Inkscape 0.49, the (just recently merged) new dialog for 'Import Clip Art…' will no longer depend on libgnomevfs2-extra (uses GIO instead as backend).
Packages based on the current stable release branch lp:inkscape/0.48.x still do though (there is one more bug-fix release planned before 0.49 gets out later this year, no ETA).

See also bug #734417 and the linked blueprint there.