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-8.1 platform.
Download (HTTP): https://downloads.sourceforge.net/freetype/freetype-2.8.tar.bz2
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Download size: 1.8 MB
Estimated disk space required: 26 MB (with additional documentation)
Estimated build time: 0.2 SBU (with additional documentation)
Additional Documentation
Download (HTTP): https://downloads.sourceforge.net/freetype/freetype-doc-2.8.tar.bz2
Download MD5 sum: 961d5802bb6085ad91e0ab9fa99fbf39
Download size: 2.1 MB
HarfBuzz-1.4.8 (first, install without it, after it is installed, reinstall FreeType-2.8), libpng-1.6.31, 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-2.8.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 --disable-static &&
make
This package does not come with a test suite.
Now, as the root user:
make install && install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/freetype-2.8 && cp -v -R docs/* /usr/share/doc/freetype-2.8
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.
--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.
Last updated on 2017-08-20 15:06:11 -0700