Re: [ft] Troubleshoot while running configure script on freetype-2.4.12.tar.bz2 and freetype-2.7.tar.gz

[Werner LEMBERG]

> When I run the configure script after extracting the files of the
> .tar.gz file, I have the next messages:
> 
>   awk: symbol lookup error: awk: undefined symbol: mpfr_z_sub
>   awk: symbol lookup error: awk: undefined symbol: mpfr_z_sub

This message doesn't come from FreeType!  It's probably related to the
GNU MPFR library, which FreeType doesn't use.

> Generating `Makefile'
>   /home/user/Downloads/Altera/freetype-2.7/Makefile:7: *** Too many open
> files.  Stop.

This is not sufficient information.  The normal way to build FreeType
on GNU/Linux systems like Ubuntu is

  cd freetype-2.7
  ./configure [options]
  make

where `[options]' should be added as needed.  All configuration
options can be seen by calling

  ./configure --help

After running `configure' (and before executing `make'), you should
closely inspect the console output and/or the file
`builds/unix/config.log' for problems.

Somehow you aren't following the normal setup, I guess.  You need GNU
make, BTW, but this should be the default on Ubuntu anyway, I guess.

> I need a file named ".libs" that should appear in the ."../objs/"
> directory after running the configure and making scripts.

`.libs' is not a file, it's a directory!


    Werner