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FreeType-2.1.5

Introduction to FreeType2

The FreeType2 package contains a library to allow XFree86 to properly render TrueType fonts.

Package information

Download (HTTP): http://telia.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/freetype/freetype-2.1.5.tar.bz2
Download (FTP):
Download size: 831 KB
Estimated Disk space required: 22 MB
Estimated build time: 0.35 SBU

Installation of FreeType2

Install FreeType2 by running the following commands:

cp include/freetype/config/ftoption.h include/freetype/config/ftoption.h.orig &&
sed -e "s%\/\* #define  TT_CONFIG_OPTION_BYTECODE_INTERPRETER \*\/%#define  TT_CONFIG_OPTION_BYTECODE_INTERPRETER%" \
include/freetype/config/ftoption.h.orig > include/freetype/config/ftoption.h &&
./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make &&
make install

Command explanations

sed ... include/freetype/config/ftoption.h: We are enabling the TrueType bytecode interpreter before building the library.

Contents

The FreeType2 package contains libfreetype libraries.

Description

FreeType2 libraries

FreeType2 libraries add TrueType font capabilities to XFree86.

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