On many linux systems, separate downloads are not needed - you can get the
"mingw*freetype" packages by the normal means from fedora, debian, ubuntu,
sure, etc. Then just copy from /usr/*mingw*/lib or /usr/*mingw*/bin (for static
or dll's, respectively). The precise location differs slightly depending on
which linux distro it is.
On fedora, they are at /usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin and
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin respectively, for win32 and win64
dll's. Fedora has a policy of not shipping static libraries, including mingw
ones. I just looked for them in my hard disk. (The self-cross-compiled ones are
elsewhere, of course).
It kind of depends on what the poster wants - for educational purposes, look at
the build log of a successful build from people who do it routinely, is what I
suggest. If you just want a binary, yes, download from a trusted source is the
simplest.
As an alternative, I remember being able to use Microsoft Visual Studio express
(the free download) and run it under wine to build windows freetype as part of
build windows ghostscript on Linux a long time ago too. That's definitely not
something you do as a first linux project....
On Monday 17 March 2025 at 16:48:56 GMT, Alexei Podtelezhnikov
<apodt...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is it possible to cross-build freetype for mingw64?
Yes, but if this is your first/only project, I would recommend available
binaries.
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