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fontconfig wont' install because it's missing freetype

I have installed freetype2.5.5, but fontconfig's latest git repository will not find it. I get the following error: 

./configure: line 14023: syntax error near unexpected toke 'FREETYPE,'
./configure: line 14023: 'PKG_CHECK_MODULES (FREETYPE, freetype2)'

Could you advise me in what to do? I could change its configure file to point to freetype, but I don't know which configure file to edit. Thanks.

Solution

  • Apparently freetype's cmake does not create all of the files you need; go into the docs folder and read the install instructions for your OS; it still did not create "freetype.pc" but fontconfig's configure script created the makefile for me. Thank God.