[Solved] Re: Gimp-2.2.2 wants freetype-2.1.7; but I already have ?!?!

[Adam Weinberger]

spam maps wrote:
> Rob wrote:
> 
>>I have:
>>  gimp-2.2.2,1
>>  freetype2-2.1.7_4
>>
>>When I start gimp, I get a dialog that says:
>>
>>   FreeType too old!
>>   The GIMP requires FreeType version 2.1.7 or
>>   later.
>>   Installed FreeType version is 2.1.4.
>>
>>   Somehow you or your software packager managed
>>   to install The GIMP with an older FreeType
>>   version.
>>
>>   Please upgrade to FreeType version 2.1.7 or
> 
> later.
> 
> Some time ago, I have installed openoffice 1.1.4
> from package. After installation, I discovered:
> 
> $ ldd /usr/local/[...]/soffice.bin | grep "not found"
>         libvcl645fi.so => not found (0x0)
>         libsvl645fi.so => not found (0x0)
>         libsvt645fi.so => not found (0x0)
>         libutl645fi.so => not found (0x0)
>         libtl645fi.so => not found (0x0)
>         libcomphelp3gcc3.so => not found (0x0)
>         libucbhelper2gcc3.so => not found (0x0)
>         libvos3gcc3.so => not found (0x0)
>         libcppuhelpergcc3.so.3 => not found (0x0)
>         libcppu.so.3 => not found (0x0)
>         libsal.so.3 => not found (0x0)
>         libtk645fi.so => not found (0x0)
>         libstlport_gcc.so => not found (0x0)
> 
> All these libraries are in
> /usr/local/OpenOffice.org1.1.4/program, so I had
> added this directory to LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
> 
> Unfortunately, this directory also has a library
> libfreetype.so.9, which confuses gimp.
> 
> When I removed the LD_LIBRARY_PATH setting, gimp
> behaved normally again. But now I have 'not found'
> libraries with openoffice executable. Is that bad?

No, that's not bad. You don't run soffice.bin manually; you run a script 
named "openoffice" that sets ld paths for you. I can't think of a single 
port that requires you to change your LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

# Adam


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