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 11.3 platform.
Download (HTTP): https://downloads.sourceforge.net/freetype/freetype-2.13.0.tar.xz
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Download size: 2.4 MB
Estimated disk space required: 48 MB (with additional documentation)
Estimated build time: 0.2 SBU (with additional documentation)
Additional Documentation
Download (HTTP): https://downloads.sourceforge.net/freetype/freetype-doc-2.13.0.tar.xz
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Download size: 2.0 MB
HarfBuzz-7.0.0 (first, install without it, after it is installed, reinstall FreeType-2.13.0), libpng-1.6.39, and Which-2.21
Brotli-1.0.9 and librsvg-2.54.5
User Notes: https://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-2.13.0.tar.xz --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
If you downloaded the optional documentation, install it as the
root
user:
install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/freetype-2.13.0 && cp -v -R docs/* /usr/share/doc/freetype-2.13.0 && rm -v /usr/share/doc/freetype-2.13.0/freetype-config.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 https://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.