The FreeType2 package contains a library which allows applications to properly render TrueType fonts.
This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-8.3 platform.
Download (HTTP): https://downloads.sourceforge.net/freetype/freetype-2.9.1.tar.bz2
Download MD5 sum: 60ef7d8160cd4bf8cb118ee9d65367ca
Download size: 1.8 MB
Estimated disk space required: 27 MB (with additional documentation)
Estimated build time: 0.2 SBU (with additional documentation)
Additional Documentation
Download (HTTP): https://downloads.sourceforge.net/freetype/freetype-doc-2.9.1.tar.bz2
Download MD5 sum: c0a67a229b4c7c275b1f6823b0ffa1b2
Download size: 2.1 MB
HarfBuzz-1.8.8 (first, install without it, after it is installed, reinstall FreeType-2.9.1), libpng-1.6.35, and Which-2.21
User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/freetype2
If you downloaded the additional documentation, unpack it into the source tree using the following command:
tar -xf ../freetype-doc-2.9.1.tar.bz2 --strip-components=2 -C docs
Install FreeType2 by running the following commands:
sed -ri "s:.*(AUX_MODULES.*valid):\1:" modules.cfg &&
sed -r "s:.*(#.*SUBPIXEL_RENDERING) .*:\1:" \
-i include/freetype/config/ftoption.h &&
./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-freetype-config --disable-static &&
make
This package does not come with a test suite.
Now, as the root user:
make install && cp builds/unix/freetype-config /usr/bin
If you downloaded the optional documentation, install it as the
root user:
install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/freetype-2.9.1 && cp -v -R docs/* /usr/share/doc/freetype-2.9.1
sed -ri ...: First
command enables GX/AAT and OpenType table validation and second
command enables Subpixel Rendering. Note that Subpixel Rendering
may have patent issues. Be sure to read the 'Other patent issues' part of http://www.freetype.org/patents.html
before enabling this option.
--enable-freetype-config:
This switch ensure that the man page for freetype-config is
installed.
--without-harfbuzz: If
harfbuzz is installed prior to
freetype without freetype support, use this switch to avoid a
build failure.
--disable-static: This
switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.
cp builds/unix/freetype-config /usr/bin: Manually place the freetype configureation program needed by other programs when using the freetype library.
Last updated on 2018-08-24 17:59:05 -0700