Re: [Freetype] In cygwin to get it worked.....

[Werner LEMBERG]

> Could any one pl help me??? I am having trouble to install
> freetype-2.0.5.tar.gz in my cygwin/win98  .
>
> I downloaded freetype-2.0.5.tar.gz, and put it in my home
> directory. Then, at the bash prompt, I tried to execute the commands
>
> gzip -d  freetype-2.0.5.tar.gz
> tar -xvf  freetype-2.0.5.tar
> cd  freetype-2.0.5
> ./configure      (I also tried ./configure --prefix=/usr/local)
> make
>
>
> For the ./configure command, I got the message:
>
> No such file or directory

It is located in builds/unix but should be invoked by `make'.
Parameters for `configure' have to be passed using the `CFG' variable
(but this is documented in INSTALL).

> But for the make command, it showed:
>
> ==============================================================
> FreeType build system -- automatic system detection
>
>         The following settings are used:
>
>           platform                     ansi
>           compiler                     gcc
>           configuration directory      ./builds/ansi
>           configuration rules          ./builds/ansi/ansi.mk
>
>         If this does not correspond to your system or settings please
>         remove the file 'config.mk' from this directory then read the
>         INSTALL file for help.
>
>         Otherwise, simply type 'make' again to build the library.
>         =============================================================
>
>
> Then, I tried to do something getting information from the INSTALL
> file.  It did not help me at all.  It seems to me that I need to
> change something, somewhere!!! Could you please help me, what about
> a step-by-step method??????

Step-by-step is to say

  make setup

then

  make

again. :-)

Nevertheless, I agree with you that one sentence is missing (which has
been added to the current CVS meanwhile):

    If the configure script isn't run, try to add `unix' as a target
    on the command line, e.g.:

      - make setup unix CFG="--prefix=/opt/experimental"

Note that particular support for cygwin has been removed since it
duplicates everything of the unix build, so `unix' is the right
platform for you -- but this shouldn't be a difficult guess for people
using cygwin, shouldn't it?  If you have further problems please
report it here quickly so that we can fix it for the next release (to
come in a few days).

Thanks for testing


    Werner