1 2There are several ways to build the FreeType library, depending on 3your system and the level of customization you need. Here is a short 4overview of the documentation available: 5 6 7I. Normal installation and upgrades 8=================================== 9 10 1. Native TrueType Hinting 11 12 Native TrueType hinting is disabled by default[1]. If you really 13 need it, read the file `TRUETYPE' for information. 14 15 16 2. Unix Systems (including Mac OS X, Cygwin, and MSys on Windows) 17 18 Please read *both* `UPGRADE.UNIX' and `INSTALL.UNIX' to install or 19 upgrade FreeType 2 on a Unix system. Note that you *need* GNU 20 Make for automatic compilation, since other make tools won't work 21 (this includes BSD Make). 22 23 GNU Make VERSION 3.80 OR NEWER IS NEEDED! 24 25 26 3. On VMS with the `mms' build tool 27 28 See `INSTALL.VMS' for installation instructions on this platform. 29 30 31 4. Other systems using GNU Make 32 33 On non-Unix platforms, it is possible to build the library using 34 GNU Make utility. Note that *NO OTHER MAKE TOOL WILL WORK*[2]! 35 This methods supports several compilers on Windows, OS/2, and 36 BeOS, including MinGW, Visual C++, Borland C++, and more. 37 38 Instructions are provided in the file `INSTALL.GNU'. 39 40 41 5. With an IDE Project File (e.g., for Visual Studio or CodeWarrior) 42 43 We provide a small number of `project files' for various IDEs to 44 automatically build the library as well. Note that these files 45 are not supported and only sporadically maintained by FreeType 46 developers, so don't expect them to work in each release. 47 48 To find them, have a look at the content of the `builds/<system>' 49 directory, where <system> stands for your OS or environment. 50 51 52 6. From you own IDE, or own Makefiles 53 54 If you want to create your own project file, follow the 55 instructions given in the `INSTALL.ANY' document of this 56 directory. 57 58 59II. Custom builds of the library 60================================ 61 62 Customizing the compilation of FreeType is easy, and allows you to 63 select only the components of the font engine that you really need. 64 For more details read the file `CUSTOMIZE'. 65 66 67---------------------------------------------------------------------- 68 69[1] More details on: http://www.freetype.org/patents.html 70 71[2] make++, a make tool written in Perl, has sufficient support of GNU 72 make extensions to build FreeType. See 73 74 http://makepp.sourceforge.net 75 76 for more information; you need version 1.19 or newer, and you must 77 pass option `--norc-substitution'. 78 79---------------------------------------------------------------------- 80 81Copyright 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 by 82David Turner, Robert Wilhelm, and Werner Lemberg. 83 84This file is part of the FreeType project, and may only be used, 85modified, and distributed under the terms of the FreeType project 86license, LICENSE.TXT. By continuing to use, modify, or distribute 87this file you indicate that you have read the license and understand 88and accept it fully. 89 90 91--- end of INSTALL --- 92