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At Sat, 22 Jun 2024 12:05:01 +0200 Joerg Mertens <joerg-mertens@t-online.de> wrote:

> 
> Luc <luc@sep.invalid> wrote:
> > On Sat, 22 Jun 2024 01:34:44 -0000 (UTC), Rich wrote:
> > 
> >>Check ./configure --help.
> > 
> > The only relevant thing I can find is
> > 
> > --enable-xft   use freetype/fontconfig/xft (default: on)
> > 
> > But default is on. I recompiled with --enable-xft and the problem
> > persists.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >>Run an ldd on the wish which has "good fonts" and on the one that has 
> >>"bad fonts".  Compare what is linked.  I bet you find the "bad fonts" 
> >>wish does not link to libfreetype.
> > 
> > They have a lot in common. These are the lines that the "good" has and
> > the "bad" or "ugly" doesn't:
> > 
> > libXft.so.2 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXft.so.2
> > libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfontconfig.so.1
> > libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreetype.so.6
> > libXss.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXss.so.1
> > libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXext.so.6
> > libXrender.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXrender.so.1
> > libexpat.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexpat.so.1
> > libpng16.so.16 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpng16.so.16
> > 
> > and
> > 
> > libXft-dev => I installed it
> > libfontconfig-dev => I installed it
> > libfreetype-dev => already had it
> > libXss-dev => I installed it
> > libXext-dev => I installed it
> > libXrender-dev => I installed it
> > libexpat-dev => already had it
> > libpng16-dev => already had it
> > 
> > I recompiled. And the problem persists. And ldd tells me that the libraries
> > linked in the good one are still absent in my own build.
> > 
> > Now I have no idea what else I need to install to make fonts look good.
> 
> A few things you could check:
> 
> What does the configure output look like? Was it still unable to
> find the missing libraries?
> 
> Just making sure: have you started the recompile in a clean source
> tree? Safest way is to delete and unpack it again.

+1 +1!

> 
> What do these "-dev"-packages contain? Shared objects? Header files?
> Where are these installed in relation to the system development
> files?

The -dev packages contain header files, link libraries, and config files 
(PKG_CONFIG or something like that).  

>                                                                                              
> 

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