Re: GWorkspace, PDFkit & freetype

[David Hill]

Hi Riccardo,

I am trying to install gworkspace-0.8.7 which says it needs PDFKit and the link provided takes me to PDFKit-062609 which requires freetype, and it is freetype-2.3.9 that is the most recent version (March 12 2009).

The error I keep getting when attempting PDFKit installation, despite trying variations (e.g. including different flavours of the --with-<variousthings>=<various-existing-directories> option to PDFKit "configure") is:

In the file included from SplashFTFont.cc:15:

/usr/local/include/ft2build.h:56:38: error: freetype/config/ftheader.h: No such file or directory

The file "ftheader.h"  actually exists and is in /usr/local/include/freetype2/freetype/config/

The remainder of the freetype2 installation files/directories all appear to be intact and in the "correct" locations.

I attempted the installation after su-ing to root.  I had also previously installed freetype2  as su root successfully with the prefix /usr/local.

Thanks for any pointers that might help me solve the problem.

david

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On Jul 4, 2009, at 4:47 AM, Riccardo Mottola wrote:

which version of GWorkspace are you trying to compile? I can configure and install the one in the SVN repository just fine.

I can't find PDFkit in it though, is it in a separate repository? I have freetype 2.3.9 on my system.

Riccardo

David Hill wrote:

Hi everyone,

The latest version of freetype was issued March 2009 (freetype2).  It is not compatible with the version of PDFkit that is linked from the GWorkspace page, so PDFkit compilation fails and I can't install GWorkspace.

I could install the 1999 version of freetype, but that seems silly.  Does anyone know of plans that would allow GWorkspace to be installed with an updated PDF kit that uses freetype2 or do I simply install the old freetype?

Thanks for your insights.

david