checking for INKSCAPE... no
configure: error: Package requirements (gdkmm-2.4  glibmm-2.4 giomm-2.4 gtkmm-2.4 >= 2.10.0  gtk+-2.0  libxml-2.0 >= 2.6.11  libxslt >= 1.0.15  cairo  sigc++-2.0 >= 2.0.12    gthread-2.0 >= 2.0 libpng >= 1.2 gsl) were not met:

No package 'gdkmm-2.4' found
No package 'glibmm-2.4' found
No package 'giomm-2.4' found
No package 'gtkmm-2.4' found
No package 'gtk+-2.0' found
No package 'cairo' found
No package 'sigc++-2.0' found
No package 'gthread-2.0' found
No package 'gsl' found

Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
installed software in a non-standard prefix.

Alternatively, you may set the environment variables INKSCAPE_CFLAGS
and INKSCAPE_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
See the pkg-config man page for more details.
cutiyar@cutiyar-physic:~/Desktop/inkscape-0.48.1$