On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 9:52 AM Othman El-Kurdi <othma...@genie-soft.com> wrote: > I'm trying to compile freetype2.5 on ubuntu 20.04 LTS (virtual machine), so > that I can use it to compile a c++ script. where I'm facing lot's of errors.
Huh? Ubuntu 20.04 comes with FreeType 2.10.1. Try to use or install that. Then you just need proper compile flags to link with the system FreeType. > Firstly, I've followed the following instructions to compile freetype2: > https://github.com/metafloor/bwip-js/wiki/Compiling-FreeType We cannot possibly troubleshoot such unofficial and outdated instructions. > I'm trying to run the following script: > https://gist.github.com/jokertarot/7583938 Same here, but at least they discuss the PNG dependency.