Re: Compile FreeType Demos with static linking

[Sarthak Bhardwaj]

On running "make devel" in freetype source it says something like "make: Nothing to be done for 'devel'". So, I presume static linking is not working properly right now in autotools ...

On Thu, Jul 1, 2021, 15:37 Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org> wrote:

>> I just wanted to know if it is possible to compile the FreeType
>> demos with static linking?
>
> Yes, for example with
>
>   cd freetype-demos
>   meson subprojects update
>   meson setup --default-library static build
>   meson compile -C build

Uh, oh, this doesn't work currently.  Working on it.

Until then, try to compile FreeType with

  make devel
  make

then follow the README of 'freetype-demos'


    Werner