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Reputation: 33920

Cannot include freetype headers on Linux

#include <ft2build.h>
#include FT_FREETYPE_H
int main() {
    return 0;
}

Here is the compiler output:

In file included from fonttest.cpp:1:
/usr/include/ft2build.h:56:10: fatal error: 'freetype/config/ftheader.h' file not found
#include <freetype/config/ftheader.h>
     ^
1 error generated.

I follow the official tutorial.

I have the packages installed:

i   libfreetype6        - FreeType 2 font engine, shared library files                  
i A libfreetype6:i386   - FreeType 2 font engine, shared library files                  
i   libfreetype6-dev    - FreeType 2 font engine, development files

File /usr/include/freetype2/freetype/config/ftheader.h is there.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 7093

Answers (2)

Ishimwe Aubain Consolateur
Ishimwe Aubain Consolateur

Reputation: 1087

If someone out there is struggling, you can try

sudo apt-get install libfreetype6-dev

Upvotes: 1

wcx
wcx

Reputation: 1

I think it's better to install pkg-config. pkg-config will help the configure to find the freetype2.

Upvotes: 0

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