CentOS - Include Problems

[ldb88]

I'm trying to build fontconfig-2.3.2. I've run ./configure, and it worked fine. Now I run make and it gives me this error:

In file included from ../src/fcint.h:39,
                 from fc-case.c:25:
../fontconfig/fcfreetype.h:27:22: error: ft2build.h: No such file or directory
../fontconfig/fcfreetype.h:28:10: error: #include expects "FILENAME" or <FILENAME>

I've already built freetype, but I don't have root privileges, so I created a new directory and copied all the necessary include files (ft2build.h) into that directory. Then I run

make -I /home/joha/libraries/include

but I get the same error. Does anyone know how to fix this? Thanks.

[Dapper Dan]

Is there a special need to compile fontconfig from source? It can be installed using yum. If there are special considerations for it to be compiled from source, try installing fontconfig-devel first:

yum install fontconfig-devel

[ldb88]

Is there a way to use yum without root privileges?

[Dapper Dan]

If there is, I don't know what it is. You are trying to install a package without being root? That might be the reason you are not able to build the package right there. Can you explain a little more about why you cannot get root privileges? I've never run into this...

[ldb88]

I don't have root privileges because I am not the sysadmin. So instead of installing everything to /usr/bin, etc. I have created new directories in my home directory and am setting my PATH, LD_LIBRARY_PATH, etc. to include those directories. Or I'm trying to at least. It worked for freetype. It's just not working for fontconfig.

I've got my path and library path set up. Now I just need to get make to use the includes from my new directory.

[Dapper Dan]

As I said, there may be a way to do what you are wanting. If there is, I don't know it. Sorry I couldn't help. Good luck.