Re: Build from source, get terrible fonts

Luc <luc@sep.invalid> wrote:

On Sat, 22 Jun 2024 01:34:44 -0000 (UTC), Rich wrote:
 

Run an ldd on the wish which has "good fonts" and on the one that has
"bad fonts".  Compare what is linked.  I bet you find the "bad fonts"
wish does not link to libfreetype.

 
They have a lot in common.  These are the lines that the "good" has
and the "bad" or "ugly" doesn't:
 
libXft.so.2 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXft.so.2
libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfontconfig.so.1
libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreetype.so.6
libXss.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXss.so.1
libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXext.so.6
libXrender.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXrender.so.1
libexpat.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexpat.so.1
libpng16.so.16 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpng16.so.16
 
and
 
libXft-dev => I installed it
libfontconfig-dev => I installed it
libfreetype-dev => already had it
libXss-dev => I installed it
libXext-dev => I installed it
libXrender-dev => I installed it
libexpat-dev => already had it
libpng16-dev => already had it
 
I recompiled.  And the problem persists.  And ldd tells me that the
libraries linked in the good one are still absent in my own build.
 
Now I have no idea what else I need to install to make fonts look
good.

Well, obviously there's still some missing critical library "dev pack". 
Unfortunately for you, I use a distro that does not do the stupid split
of "user" vs.  "dev" for every package and instead just installs
everything needed for development with each package (Slackware) and so
I can't comment on what additional development package you may need to
install.  You might try googling for your distro and "how to compile a
program that needs freetype on (distro)" and see if anything recommends
another dev pack that is still missing.