[Bug 1825556] Re: freetype-config command not installed

Steve Langasek steve.langasek at canonical.com
Fri Apr 19 18:26:26 UTC 2019


freetype-config is superseded by pkg-config integration, which unlike
the old freetype-config is multiarch-compatible.  Projects should use
pkg-config, which at this point has been supported by freetype for 16
years.

** Changed in: freetype (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Won't Fix

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Title:
  freetype-config command not installed

Status in freetype package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  libfreetype6-dev does not include the freetype-config utility, which
  is used by applications to determine the location of include- and
  library-files.

  This was included in the previous version (2.8.1-2ubuntu2 from
  Cosmic), but disappeared when upgrading to 2.9.1-3.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04
  Package: libfreetype6 2.9.1-3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-13.14-generic 5.0.6
  Uname: Linux 5.0.0-13-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu27
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Fri Apr 19 19:03:53 2019
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-12-08 (132 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Release amd64 (20181017.3)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=da_DK.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: freetype
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to disco on 2019-04-19 (0 days ago)

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