Debian packages — LIBRSVG

These packages install the C library (librsvg-2.so.2) and replace the official GNOME/Rust librsvg2-* packages. Version 2.62.3-1, architecture amd64. Same C API and SONAME as librsvg 2.62.3.

Packages

librsvg-c2 — Runtime shared library (librsvg-2.so.2). Needed by any program that links against librsvg to render SVG.

librsvg-c-common — gdk-pixbuf SVG loader (libpixbufloader-svg.so). Lets GTK apps and anything using gdk-pixbuf load SVG as images (icons, themes). On a desktop this is required with librsvg-c2.

librsvg-c-bin — Command-line tool rsvg-convert. Converts SVG to PNG/PDF and similar. Optional for a desktop; useful for scripts and testing.

librsvg-c-dev — Headers and pkg-config. Only for compiling software against librsvg. Not needed to run apps.

Which packages to install

Desktop / end user: librsvg-c2 + librsvg-c-common + librsvg-c-bin
Developer: add librsvg-c-dev
Convert-only server (no GTK): librsvg-c2 + librsvg-c-bin

Verify the files

cd /path/to/deb
gpg --import oss-familybusinesssoftware.com-pubkey.asc
gpg --verify librsvg-c_2.62.3-1_amd64.SHA256SUMS.asc \
             librsvg-c_2.62.3-1_amd64.SHA256SUMS
sha256sum -c librsvg-c_2.62.3-1_amd64.SHA256SUMS

How to Install

 Preferred: install.sh
     Put `install.sh` in the same directory as the `.deb` files.
     cd /path/to/debs
     sudo ./install.sh

Install the local debs in one apt command. Apt pulls missing Depends (for example libgif7) and removes official librsvg2-2 / librsvg2-common in the same transaction.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y \
  ./librsvg-c2_2.62.3-1_amd64.deb \
  ./librsvg-c-common_2.62.3-1_amd64.deb \
  ./librsvg-c-bin_2.62.3-1_amd64.deb \
  ./librsvg-c-dev_2.62.3-1_amd64.deb

Omit the -dev line if you only need the runtime and loader. A helper script install.sh in the same directory does the checksum check and this apt command.

Do not do this

Do not run dpkg -i librsvg-c2_….deb by itself on a machine that already has librsvg2-common. librsvg-c2 conflicts with librsvg2-2, but the old common package still depends on it, so dpkg will refuse to install librsvg-c2.
Do not run apt-get install -f after that failed replace. Apt will drop the half-unpacked C packages and can also remove desktop/icon packages that depended on the old loader.

If you cannot use apt for the local files, install Depends first (libgif7, and the -dev packages if needed), then:

sudo dpkg --auto-deconfigure -i \
  librsvg-c2_2.62.3-1_amd64.deb \
  librsvg-c-common_2.62.3-1_amd64.deb \
  librsvg-c-bin_2.62.3-1_amd64.deb \
  librsvg-c-dev_2.62.3-1_amd64.deb

Prefer the apt one-shot above.

Check

dpkg -l | grep librsvg
rsvg-convert --version
# rsvg-convert version 2.62.3

cat > /tmp/smoke.svg <<'EOF'
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16">
  <rect width="16" height="16" fill="#00ff00"/>
</svg>
EOF
rsvg-convert -o /tmp/smoke.png /tmp/smoke.svg

ls /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-svg.so
gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders | grep svg

Expect ii lines for librsvg-c2 / librsvg-c-common (and bin/dev if installed). There should be no installed official librsvg2-2 or librsvg2-common. The loader name uses a hyphen: libpixbufloader-svg.so.

Developers / pkg-config

pkg-config --modversion librsvg-2.0
# 2.62.3
pkg-config --cflags --libs librsvg-2.0

librsvg-c-dev 2.62.3-1 Depends on the private pkg-config modules (including libxml2-dev, libgif-dev, libavif-dev, libpng-dev, libjpeg-dev, libwebp-dev). Rebuild that package if --cflags --libs still fails after installing only the older -dev deb.

Restore Rust librsvg

sudo apt-get remove librsvg-c2 librsvg-c-common \
                    librsvg-c-bin librsvg-c-dev
sudo apt-get install librsvg2-2 librsvg2-common \
                     librsvg2-bin librsvg2-dev

Removing librsvg-c-common refreshes the pixbuf loader cache. Reinstall official librsvg2-common if desktop SVG icons break.

Notes

This replaces the official librsvg packages when they are already on the system. On a machine that never had them, it is a normal new install.
No Rust is required to build or run this C library.
Debian/Devuan files are in the download deb directory.