Re: [ft-devel] problems in ubuntu fonts rendering with freetype2

[Ralph Giles]

On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 7:41 AM, oscar santis <address@hidden> wrote:

> ./configure --prefix=/usr
> make
> sudo make install

This overwrites the Ubuntu system's freetype with the one you've compiled.

> sudo make uninstall

This removes the one you compiled, leaving no freetype on your system.
This is why nothing works. You need to restore the original version
from the Ubuntu package.

Generally it is better to test libraries by installing them with
--prefix=/usr/local instead of /usr. On most systems this will
override the system version, but if it's removed or there are marked
version differences, applications can still use the distro version
from /usr. This is why --prefix=/usr/local is the default.

Good luck with the recovery,
 -r