Inkscape package troubles, "libicuuc.so.62" not found

[Steve Kargl]

On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 03:57:22PM -0800, bob prohaska wrote:
> Using pkg delete resolved the ImageMagick vs ImageMagic6 conflict, allowing
> inkscape to build successfully from ports on an RPI3. 
> 
> Alas, I somehow deleted libicuuc.so.62, causing a runtime failure. Rebuilding
> devel/icu got version 63, so that didn't help.  
> 
> Noticing that inkscape is now available as a package, I tried installing
> that, expecting it to recover the older library needed for the current
> version of inkscape. The install brought down roughly 1 GB of files,
> but not the needed library.
> 
> Is there a resolution to this dilemma, other than just waiting for 
> inkscape to catch up? Is it possible to determine which revision of
> the ports tree can make a runnable version of a particular port?

The simple (temporary) workaround is

echo 'libicuuc.so.62  libicuuc.so.63' >> /etc/libmap.conf

-- 
Steve