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Old 07-11-2004, 10:20 PM   #1
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gtk


while tring to install gtk+ i get the error :

checking for freetype-config... /usr/bin/freetype-config
checking For sufficiently new FreeType (at least 2.0.1)... no
configure: error: pangoxft Pango backend found but did not find freetype libraries

i have the following packages installed

freetype-2.1.7-3.99_1.rh9.at
freetype-devel-2.1.7-3.99_1.rh9.at
freetype-debuginfo-2.1.7-3.99_1.rh9.at
freetype-utils-2.1.7-3.99_1.rh9.at

what's going on here?

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Old 07-12-2004, 12:33 AM   #2
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Apparently you DO have freetype, but it is not the correct version. I suggest googling for the latest freetype version and first compile and install that before attempting to compile the rest of your application.
 
Old 07-12-2004, 02:02 AM   #3
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They might be in a weird place and require a '--with-freetype=/weird/place', also. 2.1.7 beats 2.0.1, so unless the script is one of those that does bad version math somehow (as in 2.11 is 'older' than 2.2) it sounds like the version is covered.
 
Old 07-12-2004, 08:19 AM   #4
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what libs is gtk asking for? i have the following :

/usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6
/usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6.3.5
/usr/lib/libttf.so.2
/usr/lib/libttf.so.2.3.0

but, those are the only ones that are installed by freetype. is it looking for actual font files?

plus, there is no option to tell it where the freetype libraries are located... at least not directily.

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Old 07-23-2004, 11:18 PM   #5
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Sorry to leave you hanging. I'm surprised no one else has jumped in. Hope you got it straightened out. I don't know what's wrong because /usr/lib is an ordinary, default place.
 
  


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