Re: [ft] Linking against freetype in Linux

[Kris]

On 26/06/2019 21:10, address@hidden wrote:
> > > g++ `pkg-config freetype2 --cflags --libs` test.cpp
> >
> > This works for me (Debian Unstable). Output was
> >
> >    Initialised OK!
>
> Same for me ...
>
> > > I'm not sure what to try next. Does anyone have any suggestions?
> >
> > Try compiling it as C, rather than C++ code? (Both worked for me, by the way.)
>
> I was thinking that as well;  also, are you sure that whatever resides in 
> `/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreetype.so' actually exports `FT_Init_FreeType' 
> (there's a chance that this was overwritten with an ill-formed install)?
>
> Armin

Thanks very much for your replies, everyone!

If you can compile that code correctly, then presumably that means you 
have a package I don't, or a path setup that I don't.

If I use "nm" to examine libfreetype.a then that gives me a list of 
symbols (including FT_Init_FreeType) :

$ nm /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreetype.a | grep FT_Init_FreeType

0000000000000210 T FT_Init_FreeType



But I get nothing when I do the same for the .so:

$ nm /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreetype.so

nm: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreetype.so: no symbols

... is that my problem?



 ls -l /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ | grep free
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root       17 Feb 19 11:04 libfreebl3.so -> 
nss/libfreebl3.so
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root       21 Feb 19 11:04 libfreeblpriv3.so -> 
nss/libfreeblpriv3.so
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  1055516 Nov 22  2018 libfreetype.a
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root       21 Nov 22  2018 libfreetype.so -> 
libfreetype.so.6.16.1
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root       21 Nov 22  2018 libfreetype.so.6 -> 
libfreetype.so.6.16.1
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   759720 Nov 22  2018 libfreetype.so.6.16.1

Kris.