checking compiler support for MMX... yes
checking for freetype-config... /usr/bin/freetype-config
checking For sufficiently new FreeType (at least 2.0.1)... yes
configure: error: Pango 1.2.0 and Xft backend is required for x11 target


last 4 lines of the code i get ? i installed pango 1.4 why is it asking for pango 1.2?

is the libraries mixed up ???
i dont know what its actually asking for


anyone tell me what its complainging about ???

Well sometimes a program need a specific version of a libary, sometimes at least version X and sometimes anything before version X. So the program in question, is looking for Pang 1.2.0 and you don't have it installed.

I have the same problem - I installed pango 1.2.0 and then it says it needed Pango 1.4.0 what the heck do we do now??

It means you didn't build pango with xft support. Either you need to install some XFree86-dev-rpm type things or you need to extend your PKG_CONFIG_PATH to include /usr/X11R6/lib/pkgconfig and then reinstall pango.

Sorry for jumping in on this thread, but what does one do if one doesn't have the directory /usr/X11R6/lib/pkgconfig? I'm getting a similar error, and the manpages for pkg-config says that it looks for the */lib/pkgconfig directory for information on the libraries installed.
I have /usr/X11R6/lib/libXft.so.1.1, etc
But I don't have that directory...

It may not be important. It depends on the distro. Mandrake puts all the .pc files in /usr/lib/pkgconfig and doesn't have a /usr/X11R6/lib/pkgconfig folder. On Slackware 9.1 on my computer /usr/X11R6/lib/pkgconfig is a symbolic link pointing at /usr/lib/pkgconfig so all the .pc files are in the one folder. When I install XFree86 from source it puts the xft.pc file in /usr/X11R6/lib/pkgconfig so if I was to get the error above it would be because i didn't include /usr/X11R6/lib/pkgconfig in my PKG_CONFIG_PATH (oh I've made every stupid mistake) but the most likely reason for the error
configure: error: Pango 1.2.0 and Xft backend is required for x11 target
is that you need to install some XFree86-dev-rpm type thing before you configure pango. The thing to look for is when you've configured pango, just before you type in make, the last line should look like this

configuration:
backends: FreeType X Xft

If it doesn't have all three then you've screwed up and need to fix it before you go any further.

hmmm...I've got no xft.pc file on this machine at all. I'm getting very, very confused. When I try rpm -e XFree86-devel-4.2.1-3mdk, I get a dependancy error, so I know that it's at least installed.
What gives?

This should help you, it comes from a post of Sven Neumann:

In short: recompile xft, freetype, and then pango with the variable PKG_CONFIG_PATH set correctly, otherwise it will only install one backend (x) instead of all three. Good luck friend.

It's 2am in Arizona and I'm banging my head on trying to compile Gtk-2.4.1 after two horrendous weeks of
hardware and software craziness. I had to take a moment to thank you for this reply. I was having the same
problem as the original poster and your answer here worked like a charm. As I type this, gtk-2.4.1 is compiling
on my system. *sigh*

Thanks to all those who read the threads here and share their knowledge. My Linux experience has been a joy
because of people like you.

Anne.

Desde hace varios d¡as he estado tratando de compilar el Gtk+-2.4.3
sin ‚xito, revisando varios foros en los que se describian problemas
similares no encontr‚ ninguna informaci¢n concreta que pudiera servir
para solucionarlos.

Los errores son los siguientes:

Primero:
Pango 1.2.0 and Xft backend is required for x11 target

Y el segundo en la compilacion:

/usr/local/include/freetype2/freetype/freetype.h:20:2: #error "`ft2build.h' hasn't been included yet!"
/usr/local/include/freetype2/freetype/freetype.h:21:2: #error "Please always use macros to include FreeType header files."
/usr/local/include/freetype2/freetype/freetype.h:22:2: #error "Example:"
/usr/local/include/freetype2/freetype/freetype.h:23:2: #error " #include <ft2build.h>"
/usr/local/include/freetype2/freetype/freetype.h:24:2: #error " #include FT_FREETYPE_H"


Lo que explico a continuaci¢n requiere descargar e instalar varios
programas antes de intentar realizarlo.

1er paso:

Descargar la version m s reciente del X11. Esta la puedes conseguir en
las siguientes direcciones:

http://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/4.4.0/binaries/
ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/4.4.0/binaries/

Una vez ahi busca el directorio de binarios que corresponda a tu
version de Glibc, si utilizas un sistema basado en rpm puedes
averiguar la version escribiendo:

$ rpm -qa | grep glibc

te aparecera algo como lo siguiente:

glibc-x.x.x

las X son la version que tengas, si estas en linux, deber s cambiar al
directorio de X11 que corresponda con los dos primeros numeros de la
version, asi como yo tengo instalado el glibc-2.2.5 entro al
directorio "Linux-ix86-glibc22/"

descarga todos los paquetes .tar.gz ¢ tar.bz2 que se encuentren
dentro como los archivos binarios que aparescan.

Cuando los tengas,deber s ejecutar el script Xinstall.sh

$ sh Xinstall.sh

Nota: Recuerda hacer esto desde la consola ya que estas actualizando
el X11.

el script te guiara para instalar el X11.

Nota: Antes de ejecutar algo lee detenidamente el archivo INSTALL,
porque si ya tenias instalada otra version del X11 corres el riesgo de
perder las configuraciones.


2do paso:
Asumiendo que tienes un X11 configurado y funcional, vamos a la
parte problem tica. Primero, deberas descargar los siguientes
archivos:

fcpackage-X_X.tar.gz
fontconfig-X.X.XX.tar.gz
xft-X.X.X.tar.gz

Estos archivos los puedes obtener de la siguiente direccion:
http://freedesktop.org/~fontconfig/release/

Nota: Recuerda que las X son la version, procura descargar la
version m s reciente.

Esta parte es relativamente sencilla, simplemente descomprime los
archivos y corre los archivos ./configure --prefix=/usr y luego
"make" y "make install".

3er paso:
Si todo va bien hasta aqui, descarga el siguiente archivo:

freetype-X.X.X.tar.bz2

de:

http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...?group_id=3157

Al igual que los anteriores ./configure --prefix=/usr y luego
"make" y "make install"

4to paso:
Descarga e instala la version m s reciente de pkgconfig:

pkgconfig-X.X.X..tar.gz

desde:

http://www.freedesktop.org/software/pkgconfig/releases/

como siempre: ./configure --prefix=/usr luego "make" y "make
install"

4to paso:

Luego de haber hecho todo esto viene lo que nos interesa,
asumiendo que tenemos los paquetes del GTK, configuramos cada uno
con las siguientes opciones.

ATK:
configure --prefix=/usr

GLIB:
configure --prefix=/usr

PANGO:
configure --prefix=/usr --enable-explicit-deps

Nota: --enable-explicit-deps es lo que nadie nunca nos dijo, y es
la opcion que obliga a compilar pango con soporte de Xft, hasta
aqui superamos el primer problema.

5to paso ( Un poco de hacking):

primero corremos el script de configuracion del GTK

GTK:
configure --prefix=/usr

Hasta aqui todo deberia ir bien y no nos deberia mostrar ningun
problema, pero es muy probable que al compilar obtengamos el
siguiente error:

"`ft2build.h' hasn't been included yet!"
"Please always use macros to include FreeType header files."
"Example:"
" #include <ft2build.h>"
" #include FT_FREETYPE_H"

La soluci¢n: Con nuestro editor preferido, abrimos el archivo
/usr/X11R6/include/Xft/Xft.h

y cambiamos la linea que dice:

#include <freetype2/freetype.h>

por:

#include <ft2build.h>
#include FT_FREETYPE_H

y seguimos compilando felices y contentos.

6to paso:
instalando GTK:
nos relajamos un poco y escribimos:

make install

y felicidades tienen las librerias mas nuevas del GTK instaladas y
completamente funcionales, ademas actualizaron su version del X11 y
las librerias Xft, fontconfig y freetype, y de paso pkgconfig.


En ingles:
Gracias a d-westmaccot por la traduccion:


I've been trying to compile the Gtk+-2.4.3 for many days without success, checking
many forums in which similar problems were described. I didn't find any concrete
information that could be used to solve them.

The errors are as follows:

First:
Pango 1.2.0 and Xft backend is required for x11 target

And the second:

/usr/local/include/freetype2/freetype/freetype.h:20:2: #error "`ft2build.h' hasn't been included yet!"
/usr/local/include/freetype2/freetype/freetype.h:21:2: #error "Please always use macros to include FreeType header files."
/usr/local/include/freetype2/freetype/freetype.h:22:2: #error "Example:"
/usr/local/include/freetype2/freetype/freetype.h:23:2: #error " #include <ft2build.h>"
/usr/local/include/freetype2/freetype/freetype.h:24:2: #error " #include FT_FREETYPE_H"

What I explain here requires to download and install several programs before trying to
do it.

First step:

Download the most recent version of the X11. This one you can get from the next links:

http://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/4.4.0/binaries/
ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/4.4.0/binaries/

There look for the directory of binaries that corresponds to your Glibc version, if you
use a system based on rpm you can find out the version by typing:

$ rpm -qa | grep glibc

Something like this will appear:

glibc-x.x.x

The X's are the version you have, if you use linuz, you'll have to move to the X11
directory that corresponds to the to first numbers of the version, for example, I have
the glibc-2.2.5 and I move to the directory "Linux-ix86-glibc22/"

Download all the packages .tar.gz or tar.bz2 that are there as well as the binary files
that appear.

When you have them, you'll have to execute the script Xinstall.sh

$ sh Xinstall.sh

Note: Remember to do this from the console 'cause you're refreshing the X11.

the script will guide you to install the X11.

Note: Before executing anything, read carefully the file INSTALL, because if you already
had the other version of X11 installed, you are in risk of losing the configurations.

Second step:

Presuming you have a X11 configured and functional, we now go to the problematic thing.
First, you'll have to download the next files:

fcpackage-X_X.tar.gz
fontconfig-X.X.XX.tar.gz
xft-X.X.X.tar.gz

You can get those files from:
http://freedesktop.org/~fontconfig/release/

Note: Remember that the X's are the version, try to download the most recent version.

This part is relatively easy, just unzip the files and run them
./configure --prefix=/usr and then
"make" and "make install".

Third step:

If everything's OK until now, download the next file:

freetype-X.X.X.tar.bz2

from:

http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...?group_id=3157

Same as before
./configure --prefix=/usr and then
"make" and "make install".

Fourth step:

Download and install the most recent version of pkgconfig:

pkgconfig-X.X.X..tar.gz

from:

http://www.freedesktop.org/software/pkgconfig/releases/

as always:
./configure --prefix=/usr and then
"make" and "make install".

Fifth step:

After doing all that, here comes what interests us, presuming that we have the GTK
packages, we configure each one with the next options.

ATK:
configure --prefix=/usr

GLIB:
configure --prefix=/usr

PANGO:
configure --prefix=/usr --enable-explicit-deps

Note: --enable-explicit-deps is what no one ever told us, and it's the option that
forces to compile with support of Xft, from here we overcome the first problem.

Sixth step (A little hacking):

First we run the configuration script of the GTK

GTK:
configure --prefix=/usr

From here all should be OK and it shouldn't show us any problem, but it's very possible that
compiling we have the following error:

"`ft2build.h' hasn't been included yet!"
"Please always use macros to include FreeType header files."
"Example:"
" #include <ft2build.h>"
" #include FT_FREETYPE_H"

The solution: With our favourite editor, we open the file /usr/X11R6/include/Xft/Xft.h

and we change the line that puts:

#include <freetype2/freetype.h>

for:

#include <ft2build.h>
#include FT_FREETYPE_H

and we go on compiling happy and satisfied.

Seventh step:

installing GTK:
we relax a little and type:

make install

and congratulations! You have the newest GTK libraries installed and completely
functionals, also you actualized you X11 version and the Xft libraries, fontconfig and
freetype, and also pkgconfig.