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Offline fel

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tc noob trying to make dwm (picore14)
« on: June 14, 2024, 06:34:47 PM »
i have libXft-dev and freetype-dev installed, when compiling i get

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usr/local/include/Xft/Xft.h:39:10 fatal error: ft2build.h: No such file or directory
     39 | #include <ft2build.h>

i looked, and do not see any freetype2 (lib- or -dev) in the repo. i tried to simply dd line 39, as a possible quick fix, but the file is read-only and su- got me a lecture on root/time.sh. what am i missing/is it just a missing package/included in another lib? :-[
assume i could dl it from github, but wished to ask before simply grabbing it from the web.

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Re: tc noob trying to make dwm (picore14)
« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2024, 07:46:28 PM »
The freetype extension is freetype2.   The header you are looking for is in the -dev package  /usr/local/include/freetype2/ft2build.h

I would have to guess your build configuration is not setup corrrectly.


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Re: tc noob trying to make dwm (picore14)
« Reply #2 on: June 15, 2024, 01:40:17 AM »
I also get the same error when I do the same thing.
Hi Misalf
You could try executing this from the command line first:
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export C_INCLUDE_PATH=/usr/local/include/freetype2More info can be found here:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/558803/how-to-add-a-default-include-path-for-gcc-in-linux

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Re: tc noob trying to make dwm (picore14)
« Reply #3 on: June 15, 2024, 03:50:59 AM »
If an app uses freetype, it should get the flags from pkg-config (pkg-config --cflags freetype2). Some distros install freetype differently so this is not needed and so such a build can accidentally work. Check your pkg-config returns the correct flags; if it does, then check how dwm's configure process checks for it. If it doesn't, you will need to add it, via env flags or configure flags.
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