freetype in ports?

Polytropon freebsd at edvax.de
Wed May 20 18:05:06 UTC 2015


On Wed, 20 May 2015 10:36:17 -0700, Jeffry Killen wrote:
> Hello;
> 
> I want to add freetype to system so I can build php5.6x with GD, with  
> freetype
> ttf font support.
> 
> I did
> find /usr/ports *freetype* and no match came up
> 
> same with
> find /usr/ports FreeType2 and no match came up

See "man 7 ports" and use the power of

	# make search name="freetype"

which will provide the information you need. Note
that "freetype" and "freetype2" are individual packages.



> I assume this is used in xwindows as well as in php gd
> for image generation from ttf fonts.

Freetype is a typical installation component of X which
uses it as a module.


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