"Zelck, Guy" wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I downloaded the XFree86 4.0.2 packages and one of them depends on
> libfreetype.so it says.
> I know of the libfreetype.a static lib which is included in the XFree86
> package, I've never heard of the .so version.
> My conclusion:
> -Either this is a wrong depency and can be ignored.
> -Either the package has been wrongly assembled cause where on earth do they
> suppose we get it from?
>
> The reason for my upgrade is that I want to use the latest kwintv which
> needs libqt-mt (multi-threading, missing from my qt-2.2.3!) from qt which in
> turn needs Xft from XFree86 (missing from the 4.0.1 packs). All these little
> things were missing on my std. Mandrake 7.2 distro.
>
> Has anyone been so unfortunate to stumble on this to?
>
> Guy .
>
>
>
You Guy,
You will need to download freetype2 and it's development package. You
can get the rpm from one of Mandrake's mirror "Mandrake-devel" sites.
That is what I did to get my X4.0.2 dancing with my LM7.2 distro. By the
way, Mandrake didn't forget. LM7.2 came out way before X4.0.2. So they
couldn't forget what wasn't available.
Cheers
== Al
