RE: [ft-devel] ft-smooth for 2.1.10?

[Turner, David]

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Werner LEMBERG [mailto:address@hidden
> Envoyé : mardi 20 décembre 2005 13:26
> À : address@hidden
> Cc : address@hidden; address@hidden; Turner, David;
> address@hidden
> Objet : Re: [ft-devel] ft-smooth for 2.1.10?
>
>
>
> > WARNING: INSTALLING THE CURRENT CVS WILL PROBABLY BREAK YOUR SYSTEM
>
> What do you mean?  The rendering results?
>

Nope, most graphical programs won't start at all, including GDM :-)
This is mostly due to linking problems to functions that disappeared.

If you want safely test the current CVS, you'll need to install
with something like:

  export OPT=/freetype-test   # don't use /usr or /usr/local !!
  mkdir $OPT
  cvs co freetype2
  cd freetype2
  sh autogen.sh --prefix=$OPT --disable-static
  make
  make install

  export PATH=$OPT/bin:$PATH
  export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$OPT/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

  now launch your programs, e.g.

    gnome-font-properties &
    gedit &
    firefox &

  on some distributions, calling "firefox" will ignore
  the new LD_LIBRARY_PATH (because what is invoked is a
  rather complex script that sets the environment in weird
  ways).

If the programs still don't launch, try to recompile
and reinstall the following:

  fontconfig-2.3.92  (with the attached patch applied)
  pango-1.11.1
  glib-2.9.1     (required by Pango)

that should do it, at least for Gnome programs. Add a
recent version of Cairo if you're using Gnome >= 2.12

NOTE: You must have $OPT/bin and $OPT/lib at the front
      of your PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH variables when
      compiling these packages, also, you must do

   export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$OPT/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH

      before compiling them.


Hope this helps,

- David

>
>     Werner
>
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