Re: [ft-devel] Mac install instructions don't seem to exist

[Sean McBride]

On 2006-12-22 10:12, address@hidden said:

>>----
>>generating `configure.ac'
>>running `aclocal -I . --force'
>>aclocal: unrecognized option -- `--force'
>>Try `aclocal --help' for more information.
>>error while running `aclocal -I . --force'
>>----
>
>The autotools (automake, autoconf) bundled in Xcode
>are legacy. You have to install newer autotools
>out of Xcode. I use automake-1.9.6 & autoconf-2.59.

Thanks everyone for your replies!

Xcode 2.4.1 (newest) appears to include only 1.6.3 and 2.59.  I will
file a bug with Apple asking them to update to something newer.

I don't think I really want to install a different automake, I'm worried
it might interfere with the one I already have.

But this brings me back to the reason I started this thread. :)  "Mac
install instructions don't seem to exist".  It would be nice to have an
INSTALL.MAC file explaining, well, basically a summary of this discussion. :)


On 2006-12-22 16:41, Christian Demmer said:

>At this point edit autogen.sh and remove the --force option in line 43.
>Also rename libtoolize to glibtoolize in line 44. Then:
>
>sh autogen.sh
>./configure
>make
>
>did the job for me.

Worked for me too, thanks!

I must say it's pretty strange that a project like freetype (which
includes Mac-specific code) does not build with the development tools
that come with the OS.

Could autogen.sh be conditionalised to include Chirstian's hack?  (I am
admittedly very ignorant about automake/autoconf style build systems,
and ignorant of freetype in general really, so forgive me if I'm not
making sense.)

Thanks,

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Mac Software Developer              Montréal, Québec, Canada