Freetype Error

[Derek Atkins]

Alex Roston <tungtung at pacbell.net> writes:

> I finally was able to attempt to compile Gnucash today. (Yay!)
> However, compilation exited with the following error:
>
> grep: /usr/X11R6/lib/libfreetype.la: No such file or directory
> sed: can't read /usr/X11R6/lib/libfreetype.la: No such file or directory
> libtool: link: `/usr/X11R6/lib/libfreetype.la' is not a valid libtool
> archive
> make[4]: *** [libgncmod-gnome-utils.la] Error 1
> make[4]: Leaving directory `/opt/downloads/gnucash-1.8.8/src/gnome-utils'
> make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/opt/downloads/gnucash-1.8.8/src/gnome-utils'
> make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/opt/downloads/gnucash-1.8.8/src'
> make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/opt/downloads/gnucash-1.8.8'
> make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2
>
> Obviously make can't find freetype. IIRC, freetype was built into the
> most recent versions of X. Do I need to download freetype (If so,
> where do I get it?) or is there a way to tell make that it doesn't
> need freetype?

Yes, you need the freetype package.  You should get it from your
distro.

> Thanks in Advance For The Help,
>
> Alex Roston

-derek

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