Is there a way to convert SVG to EPS on Linux and retain gradients and transparency?

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I'm using Inkscape to do graphic design on Linux and I'm quite happy with it and SVG files. Unfortunately, a client requests an * EPS* file. The designed logo contains gradients and the client also asked for transparent background.

Inkscape has an export option for eps files, but according to this post the file cannot contain gradients nor transparency, otherwise the output file will be rasterized.

Since this post and similar posts are about 5 years old or older, I was wondering if there is a way to get non-rasterized eps files (with gradients and transparency) nowadays.

Try inkscape -E out.eps in.svg. It should normally do the conversion at full quality. — harrymc, Feb 02 '21 at 20:45
I tried that, but I get Unknown option -E (Inkscape 1.0.1 on Linux Manjaro) — jost21, Feb 02 '21 at 21:36
Check your man Inkscape. According to this one this is -E FILENAME , --export-eps= FILENAME, but maybe yours is called differently. — harrymc, Feb 03 '21 at 07:17
I think that is outdated, according to the man page on inkscape.org, there is no -E anymore. It seems the replacement is --export-type=TYPE[,TYPE]*. That works, but delivers the same result as the GUI version (rasterized eps file) — jost21, Feb 03 '21 at 09:39
Sorry, I accidentally hit Enter. That was the second part of my comment (I edited it then) — jost21, Feb 03 '21 at 09:48
This is a problem with inkscape, but there are solutions. See this solution for example. — harrymc, Feb 03 '21 at 13:33
Your link is the same as the one mentioned in the post I referenced in the question, it only works if you remove transparency, masks, gradients etc. in the inkscape file — jost21, Feb 03 '21 at 15:06
OK, so here are some more that claimed success: link1 and link2. An online convertor that might work is convertio. — harrymc, Feb 03 '21 at 16:14

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 14 '23 at 16:11

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You can try this in a command prompt:

inkscape -o eps-filename.eps orig-file.svg

Here -o is used for export. This works on my inkspace version 1.1.2.

edited Mar 14 '23 at 16:11

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answered Mar 14 '23 at 15:58

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Does this address the core issue of the question? “Inkscape has an export option for eps files, but according to this post the file cannot contain gradients nor transparency, otherwise the output file will be rasterized.” – Giacomo1968 Mar 14 '23 at 16:03
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Is there a way to convert SVG to EPS on Linux and retain gradients and transparency?

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