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  1. There are several ways to build the FreeType library, depending on
  2. your system and the level of customization you need. Here is a short
  3. overview of the documentation available:
  4. I. Normal installation and upgrades
  5. ===================================
  6. 1. Unix Systems (including Mac OS X, Cygwin, and MSys on Windows)
  7. Please read *both* `UPGRADE.UNIX' and `INSTALL.UNIX' to install or
  8. upgrade FreeType 2 on a Unix system. Note that you *need* GNU
  9. Make for automatic compilation, since other make tools won't work
  10. (this includes BSD Make).
  11. GNU Make VERSION 3.80 OR NEWER IS NEEDED!
  12. 2. On VMS with the `mms' build tool
  13. See `INSTALL.VMS' for installation instructions on this platform.
  14. 3. Other systems using GNU Make
  15. On non-Unix platforms, it is possible to build the library using
  16. GNU Make utility. Note that *NO OTHER MAKE TOOL WILL WORK*[1]!
  17. This methods supports several compilers on Windows, OS/2, and
  18. BeOS, including MinGW, Visual C++, Borland C++, and more.
  19. Instructions are provided in the file `INSTALL.GNU'.
  20. 4. With an IDE Project File (e.g., for Visual Studio or CodeWarrior)
  21. We provide a small number of `project files' for various IDEs to
  22. automatically build the library as well. Note that these files
  23. are not supported and only sporadically maintained by FreeType
  24. developers, so don't expect them to work in each release.
  25. To find them, have a look at the content of the `builds/<system>'
  26. directory, where <system> stands for your OS or environment.
  27. 5. From you own IDE, or own Makefiles
  28. If you want to create your own project file, follow the
  29. instructions given in the `INSTALL.ANY' document of this
  30. directory.
  31. II. Custom builds of the library
  32. ================================
  33. Customizing the compilation of FreeType is easy, and allows you to
  34. select only the components of the font engine that you really need.
  35. For more details read the file `CUSTOMIZE'.
  36. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  37. [1] make++, a make tool written in Perl, has sufficient support of GNU
  38. make extensions to build FreeType. See
  39. http://makepp.sourceforge.net
  40. for more information; you need version 1.19 or newer, and you must
  41. pass option `--norc-substitution'.
  42. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  43. Copyright 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010
  44. by David Turner, Robert Wilhelm, and Werner Lemberg.
  45. This file is part of the FreeType project, and may only be used,
  46. modified, and distributed under the terms of the FreeType project
  47. license, LICENSE.TXT. By continuing to use, modify, or distribute
  48. this file you indicate that you have read the license and understand
  49. and accept it fully.
  50. --- end of INSTALL ---