Well, it wasn't the reason you couldn't compile it. Freetype-1.3.1 should compile just fine.
But according to it's initial error message it's missing Xlib.h, Xutil.h and cursorfont.h. You'll have to urpmf those files and find out which devel to install. (I think they're in the same rpm.) - Peder |
Fontconfig wasnt in Mandrake Control Center under Software Install, so I downloaded and installed freetype, then I downloaded fontconfig untarred it, and when I did ./configure, here's what I got:
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[simon@localhost fontconfig-2.2.3]$ ./configure |
I just tried urpmi expat, everything already installed. It's almost like when Mandrake installs it installs to the wrong places.
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Perhaps try downloading expat from source and ./configure it. Then go back and try freetype and see if that works. I don't know why you're running into so many problems. :( |
My computer has something against me lol! But seriously, over the last month even windows has gone all bad. Windoze was slow before, but NOW...
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We have now gotten somewhere!
Fontconfig has been installed! My only problem is that my computer doesn't know that, I still have the same pango error. Maybe some paths have to be exported. |
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Either you're not describing what you're doing accurately, or you haven't understood my previous posts.
If a compilation can't find something you need to install the -devel package. Instead of compiling fontconfig you could have run 'urpmi libfontconfig1-devel' (or possibly just 'urpmi fontconfig-devel') So when it couldn't find the expat package you should've installed the expat-devel (it might possibly be called libexpat-devel or something similar). If you have compiled and installed something successfully into /usr you shouldn't have to do anything, the system should find the files. If you're compiling to /usr/local you have to make sure you have "/usr/local/lib" in /etc/ld.so.conf.d/local.conf As for it not finding pango : make sure there is a /usr/lib/pkgconfig/pango.pc file. If not you probably forgot to add --prefix=usr when you configured pango, and if so you need to run 'export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig' and fix /etc/ld.so.conf.d/local.conf as described. - Peder |
Thanks bunnadik, but I tried all of those and it said either everything already installed or package not found. I'll try the other things later, I have to go out right now.
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All the devel packages you need are available with urpmi, so maybe your urpmi sources aren't properly configured.
Go to Easy Urpmi and check the box that says "show specific sources too" then click on the "proceed to step 2" button. Then choose a source contrib, source main, and source updates and click on the "proceed to step 3" button and copy and paste the commands it shows into a terminal as root. Once you've got the sources configured you can open the package installer and search for "devel" and you will be able to find everything you need. |
AHH! My cd and dvd drive have disappeared! Do I have to mount them, and if I do, how? This happened when I restarted my computer with my SD card in my drive which is installed in my system. When Linux turned on and found the card, it must have gotten confused, and now I have no CD and DVD in Linux, meaning I can't do urpmi.
BTW, ldconfig didnt work, should I have installed fontconfig to /usr? |
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So when you say that your CD & DVD drive is gone, do you mean in general? If that's the case, then copy/paste your /etc/lilo.conf file for us. Things just seem to get more messier and messier! |
Ok, wait for it, you arent going to beleive it...
IT WORKED!!! PANGO IS INSTALLED AFTER AT LEAST 1-2 WEEKS OF HARD WORK AND EXAMS IN THE MIDDLE! IT WORKED!!! After I did easyurpmi, I tried urpmi libfontconfig1-devel, and I'd like to say sorry to peder because he had the answer the whole time, I just didnt know how to follow it because urpmi didnt install it at first. EDIT: I'm getting a few errors in GTK install, like Tiff loader not found (i fixed it) PNG loader (fixing it) I'll get back to you, this may not be over. |
Here's my new error:
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[simon@localhost gtk+-2.6.1]$ ./configure --prefix=/usr |
I figured out that the CD and DVD drives just disappeared off the desktop, they do actually work even in Linux.
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