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2 There are several ways to build the FreeType library, depending on |
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3 your system and the level of customization you need. Here is a short |
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4 overview of the documentation available: |
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7 I. Normal installation and upgrades |
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10 1. Unix Systems (including Mac OS X, Cygwin, and MSys on Windows) |
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12 Please read *both* `UPGRADE.UNIX' and `INSTALL.UNIX' to install or |
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13 upgrade FreeType 2 on a Unix system. Note that you *need* GNU |
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14 Make for automatic compilation, since other make tools won't work |
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15 (this includes BSD Make). |
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16 |
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17 GNU Make VERSION 3.80 OR NEWER IS NEEDED! |
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20 2. On VMS with the `mms' build tool |
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22 See `INSTALL.VMS' for installation instructions on this platform. |
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25 3. Other systems using GNU Make |
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27 On non-Unix platforms, it is possible to build the library using |
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28 GNU Make utility. Note that *NO OTHER MAKE TOOL WILL WORK*[1]! |
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29 This methods supports several compilers on Windows, OS/2, and |
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30 BeOS, including MinGW, Visual C++, Borland C++, and more. |
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32 Instructions are provided in the file `INSTALL.GNU'. |
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35 4. With an IDE Project File (e.g., for Visual Studio or CodeWarrior) |
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37 We provide a small number of `project files' for various IDEs to |
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38 automatically build the library as well. Note that these files |
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39 are not supported and only sporadically maintained by FreeType |
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40 developers, so don't expect them to work in each release. |
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42 To find them, have a look at the content of the `builds/<system>' |
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43 directory, where <system> stands for your OS or environment. |
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46 5. From you own IDE, or own Makefiles |
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48 If you want to create your own project file, follow the |
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49 instructions given in the `INSTALL.ANY' document of this |
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50 directory. |
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53 II. Custom builds of the library |
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54 ================================ |
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56 Customizing the compilation of FreeType is easy, and allows you to |
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57 select only the components of the font engine that you really need. |
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58 For more details read the file `CUSTOMIZE'. |
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63 [1] make++, a make tool written in Perl, has sufficient support of GNU |
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64 make extensions to build FreeType. See |
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66 http://makepp.sourceforge.net |
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68 for more information; you need version 1.19 or newer, and you must |
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69 pass option `--norc-substitution'. |
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71 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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72 |
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73 Copyright 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 |
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74 by David Turner, Robert Wilhelm, and Werner Lemberg. |
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75 |
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76 This file is part of the FreeType project, and may only be used, |
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77 modified, and distributed under the terms of the FreeType project |
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78 license, LICENSE.TXT. By continuing to use, modify, or distribute |
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79 this file you indicate that you have read the license and understand |
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80 and accept it fully. |
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81 |
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82 |
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83 --- end of INSTALL --- |
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