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 12.2 platform.
Download (HTTP): https://downloads.sourceforge.net/freetype/freetype-2.13.3.tar.xz
Download MD5 sum: f3b4432c4212064c00500e1ad63fbc64
Download size: 2.5 MB
Estimated disk space required: 33 MB (with additional documentation)
Estimated build time: 0.2 SBU (with additional documentation)
Additional Documentation
Download (HTTP): https://downloads.sourceforge.net/freetype/freetype-doc-2.13.3.tar.xz
Download MD5 sum: 6affe0d431939398cc3c7cdd58d824f8
Download size: 2.1 MB
harfBuzz-9.0.0 (circular: build freetype, then harfbuzz, then reinstall freetype), libpng-1.6.43, and Which-2.21
Brotli-1.1.0 and librsvg-2.58.3
If you downloaded the additional documentation, unpack it into the source tree using the following command:
tar -xf ../freetype-doc-2.13.3.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:
cp -v -R docs -T /usr/share/doc/freetype-2.13.3 && rm -v /usr/share/doc/freetype-2.13.3/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.