Why is your application looking for a .la file? This is supplementary information to libtool which, if absent, should not cause build failures. The vast majority of library packages in Debian and Ubuntu do not ship .la files, they instead ship pkg-config .pc files which provide a cleaner interface for the system library case.
** Changed in: freetype (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to freetype in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1815496 Title: Unlike libfreetype6-dev in Cosmic the version shipped with Disco doesn't include libfreetype.la file Status in freetype package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I noticed when trying to compile an application against the version of the freetype library shipped with Cosmic that it doesn't include the libfreetype.la file in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ My compilation failed when it couldn't find the file. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/+bug/1815496/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp