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To follow up on my earlier question:
I edited the Scribus info file to point to freetype2. However, when I try to install Scribus, it's still listing freetype219 as a dependency. What steps do I need to take to rehash the database so the change in dependency is detected?
Cheers,
Kevin Walzer, PhD WordTech Software--Open Source Applications and Packages for OS X http://www.wordtech-software.com http://www.smallbizmac.com http://www.kevin-walzer.com mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Martin Costabel wrote: | [] | |> I did a bit more research and found the problem documented at the |> following web page: |> |> http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=4151676 | | | I had forgotten that story. So now this makes you 3 who had or have this | problem. You are having also other mysterious problems with Fink. Or is | the freetype problem the only one that is remaining for you now? | |> Following this approach, I tried to run the installation manually. The |> steps I took are outlined below: |> - --- |> |> /sw/src/freetype219-2.1.9-1/freetype-2.1.9/builds/unix kevin$ sudo |> ./configure --prefix=/sw/lib/freetype219 |> |> /sw/src/freetype219-2.1.9-1/freetype-2.1.9 kevin$ sudo make |> |> ~ /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 |> ~ \ |> ~ $P /sw/lib/freetype219/include/freetype2/freetype/cache ; \ |> ~ done |> /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./builds/unix/ft2unix.h \ |> ~ /sw/lib/freetype219/include/ft2build.h |> /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./builds/unix/ftconfig.h \ |> ~ |> /sw/lib/freetype219/include/freetype2/freetype/config/ftconfig.h |> /usr/bin/install -c -m 755 ./builds/unix/freetype-config \ |> ~ /sw/lib/freetype219/bin/freetype-config |> /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./builds/unix/freetype2.m4 \ |> ~ /sw/lib/freetype219/share/aclocal/freetype2.m4 |> /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./builds/unix/freetype2.pc \ |> ~ /sw/lib/freetype219/lib/pkgconfig/freetype2.pc |> |> - --- |> |> It appears I installed the freetype bits somewhere, but I'm not sure if |> it's the right directory: Fink Commander does not show them as being |> installed. | | | FinkCommander, just as fink, apt-get, and dpkg, only know about files | installed from Fink packages. They don't care about what you do manually. | |> I have two questions about this: |> |> 1. Is it possible to see above what I'm doing wrong? For instance, did I |> specify the correct prefix in configure? | | | The prefix is correct, and the pieces you are showing are installed at | the same places where Fink installs them in the end, too, except for the | aclocal stuff that the standard "make install" procedure doesn't | install. You don't say if you got the library compiled. | |> 2. It seems, based on the link above, that I'm not the only person who's |> experienced this problem installing freetype 2 from source. Should I |> file a bug report somewhere? | | | I am not sure if there is a better place. | | The problem is that this does not seem to be reproducible except for you | and your 2 unfortunate colleagues. I am still very much convinced that | something in your basic Unix setup is not right, either one of the basic | tools or a shell or an environment variable or something weird in a | shell startup script. | | As I explained in the mail thread you are referencing, the problem is | that for some reason your make process does not compute a variable | correctly that should stand for a certain directory. In your case this | variable is empty. Why this is so is very hard to find out from the | distance. | -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org
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