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List:       freedesktop-xorg
Subject:    Re: building X from source: freetype install issues
From:       John Yoder <jty1964 () gmail ! com>
Date:       2020-08-30 16:05:37
Message-ID: CAEQgo4B0C4tfE--h0SUFqhbB4cs9aO5WRps+A0NPRK9UwWJV=A () mail ! gmail ! com
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Hey Mike,It's been quite a while, years actually, since I built X from
source but I'll help as much as I can. From the error, your right, you need
freetype fonts. Unfortunately I don't have any quick fixes for you error.
Sorry.

John

On Sun, Aug 30, 2020 at 10:44 AM mike young <mike.young@nd.edu> wrote:

> Attempting to build X on Debian Buster install. Downloaded and built
> freetype from freetype.org before building X. When running build.sh,
> getting error:
>
> ...
>
> checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes
> checking for FREETYPE... no
> checking for freetype-config... no
> configure: error: You must have freetype installed; see
> http://www.freetype.org/
> build.sh: "./autogen.sh" failed on lib/libXfont
>
> ...
>
>
> Evidently building freetype is not sufficient for building X. Any hints
> as to what I have neglected to do?
>
> Thanks...
>
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<div dir="ltr">Hey Mike,It&#39;s been quite a while, years actually, since I built X \
from source but I&#39;ll help as much as I can. From the error, your right, you need \
freetype fonts. Unfortunately  I don&#39;t  have any quick fixes for you error. \
Sorry.<div><br></div><div>John</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" \
class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Aug 30, 2020 at 10:44 AM mike young &lt;<a \
href="mailto:mike.young@nd.edu">mike.young@nd.edu</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid \
rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Attempting to build X on Debian Buster install. \
Downloaded and built <br> freetype from <a href="http://freetype.org" \
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">freetype.org</a> before building X. When running \
build.sh, <br> getting error:<br>
<br>
...<br>
<br>
checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes<br>
checking for FREETYPE... no<br>
checking for freetype-config... no<br>
configure: error: You must have freetype installed; see <br>
<a href="http://www.freetype.org/" rel="noreferrer" \
                target="_blank">http://www.freetype.org/</a><br>
build.sh: &quot;./autogen.sh&quot; failed on lib/libXfont<br>
<br>
...<br>
<br>
<br>
Evidently building freetype is not sufficient for building X. Any hints <br>
as to what I have neglected to do?<br>
<br>
Thanks...<br>
<br>
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