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This document contains instructions on how to build the FreeType library
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on Unix systems. This also works for emulations like Cygwin or MSys on
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Win32:
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1. Ensure that you are using GNU Make
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The FreeType build system _exclusively_ works with GNU Make. You
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will not be able to compile the library with the instructions below
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using any other alternative (including BSD Make).
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[Well, this is not really correct. Recently, a perl implementation
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of make called `makepp' has appeared which can also build FreeType 2
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successfully on Unix platforms. See http://makepp.sourceforge.net
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for more details.]
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Trying to compile the library with a different Make tool will print
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a message like:
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Sorry, GNU make is required to build FreeType2.
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and the build process will be aborted. If this happens, install GNU
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Make on your system, and use the GNUMAKE environment variable to
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name it.
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2. Build and install the library
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The following should work on all Unix systems where the `make'
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command invokes GNU Make:
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./configure [options]
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make
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make install (as root)
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The default installation path is "/usr/local". It can be changed
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with the `--prefix=<path>' option. Example:
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./configure --prefix=/usr
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When using a different command to invoke GNU Make, use the GNUMAKE
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variable. For example, if `gmake' is the command to use on your
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system, do something like:
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GNUMAKE=gmake ./configure [options]
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gmake
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gmake install (as root)
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If this still doesn't work, something's rotten on your system
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(e.g. you are using a very old version of GNU Make).
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It is possible to compile FreeType in a different directory.
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Assuming the FreeType source files in directory `/src/freetype' a
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compilation in directory `foo' works as follows:
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cd foo
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/src/freetype/configure [options]
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make
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make install
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--- end of INSTALL.UNX --
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