[mythtv] trouble with FreeType on configure

Paul Bender pebender at san.rr.com
Sat Apr 11 01:46:37 UTC 2009


kameron cole wrote:
> I am trying to install myth-tv 0.21.  Immediately up running configure, 
> I get an error telling me I don't have Freetype.
> 
> [root at kameronclinux mythtv-0.21]# ./configure
> ERROR! You must have FreeType installed to compile MythTV.
> If you think configure made a mistake, make sure you are using the latest
> version from SVN.  If the latest version fails, report the problem to the
> mythtv-dev at mythtv.org <mailto:mythtv-dev at mythtv.org> mailing list or IRC 
> #mythtv on irc.freenode.net <http://irc.freenode.net/>
> Include the log file "config.err" produced by configure as this will help
> solving the problem.
> 
> 
> 
> I know this is wrong, because I installed Freetype:
> 
> [root at kameronclinux install]# yum install freetype
> Loaded plugins: changelog, downloadonly, ibm-01-stop-sav, ibm-additional-
>               : metadata, ibm-cds-plugin, ibm-house-cleaning, 
> ibm-repository,
>               : ibm-security, rhnplugin, security
> This system is not registered with RHN.
> RHN support will be disabled.
> Setting up Install Process
> Parsing package install arguments
> Package freetype-2.2.1-20.el5_2.i386 already installed and latest version
> Nothing to do

You need development packages. (freetype-devel)


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