Re: Building Lilypond on Ubuntu 16.04

[Werner LEMBERG]

> What I did was:
> 
> $ sudo ln -s /usr/include/freetype2/freetype/config 
> /usr/include/freetype2/config
> $ sudo sed -i 's|/freetype2$|/freetype2/freetype|' 
> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig/freetype2.pc
> $ ./configure
> $ make
> 
> Which gives me a working lilypond 2.19.49.  What I didn't try
> previously was the first step, i.e. the symbolic link to the config
> folder.

I don't understand why such links are necessary.  It should work out
of the box without *any* links.  Have you tried that?

> O.K., so I attached the full log (that's from the unmodified .pc
> file).

With or without links?  Anyways, everything looks correct in
`config.log'.

> $ LANG=C sudo find / -name 'freetype2.pc'
> find: './run/user/1000/gvfs': Permission denied
> ./usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig/freetype2.pc

Please show me this file (unmodified).

> Could that mean the package libreetype6-dev has a broken .pc file
> (because Cflags should point to a different folder)?

Maybe.

> These are the .pc and .h files it installs: [...]

The file locations look OK.


    Werner