fontconfig-2.2.1 make install error

[Patrick Schleicher]

Hello NG,

I tried to install fontconfig-2.2.1 on my LFS System. './configure' and
'make' finished without problems, but after I typed 'make install' I got
the following error:

not overwriting existing /etc/fonts/local.conf
if [ x = x ]; then fc-cache/fc-cache -f -v; fi
/sources/bauen/fontconfig-2.2.1/fc-cache/.libs/lt-fc-cache:
"/usr/share/fonts": skipping, no such directory
/sources/bauen/fontconfig-2.2.1/fc-cache/.libs/lt-fc-cache:
"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF": caching, 12 fonts, 0 dirs
/sources/bauen/fontconfig-2.2.1/fc-cache/.libs/lt-fc-cache:
"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1":
/sources/bauen/fontconfig-2.2.1/fc-cache/.libs/lt-fc-cache: relocation
error: /sources/bauen/fontconfig-2.2.1/src/.libs/libfontconfig.so.1:
undefined symbol: FT_Get_BDF_Property
make[2]: *** [install-data-local] Error 127
make[2]: Leaving directory `/sources/bauen/fontconfig-2.2.1'
make[1]: *** [install-am] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/sources/bauen/fontconfig-2.2.1'
make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1

Any advice would be appreciated.

greets

Patrick

[Peter Keller]

Post by Patrick Schleicher
Hello NG,
I tried to install fontconfig-2.2.1 on my LFS System. './configure' and
'make' finished without problems, but after I typed 'make install' I got
not overwriting existing /etc/fonts/local.conf
if [ x = x ]; then fc-cache/fc-cache -f -v; fi
"/usr/share/fonts": skipping, no such directory

--etc --<snip>

At a guess I would say your existing /etc/fonts/local.conf is confusing the
installation. Try renaming it, then try installing again.

[Patrick Schleicher]

Post by Peter Keller
At a guess I would say your existing /etc/fonts/local.conf is confusing the
installation. Try renaming it, then try installing again.

I deleted it and tried it again, but I get the same error :(

[Ken Moffat]

Post by Patrick Schleicher

Post by Peter Keller
At a guess I would say your existing /etc/fonts/local.conf is confusing the
installation. Try renaming it, then try installing again.

I deleted it and tried it again, but I get the same error :(

If your problem is that fontconfig doesn't install stuff in /etc/fonts,
try renaming the _directory_, e.g. to /etc/fonts.bak

Ken