Bug #12065 Updated: "libgd was not built with TrueType font support" problem

ID: 12065 Updated by: wez Reported By: rip@undernet.org Old Summary: "libgd was not built with TrueType font support" problem Old Status: Status: Feedback Bug Type: GD related Operating System: FreeBSD 4.3 PHP Version: 4.0.6 New Comment: The only thing that I can think of is that you have and older version of libgd.so or libgd.a hanging around that is mistakenly being linked in instead of the one you were expecting, and that configure found. Please look around your system to see if that is the case; I would recommend moving the duplicates to some not in the lib path temporarily while compiling PHP and see if you still have the same problem. --Wez. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-07-12 19:35:42] rip@undernet.org oops... I had to reply here... sorry. Re True, for GD I always have this in the Makefile : CFLAGS=-O -DHAVE_LIBPNG -DHAVE_LIBJPEG -DHAVE_LIBFREETYPE LIBS=-lgd -lpng -lz -ljpeg -lfreetype -lm Can you successfully run the GD test programs that work with TTF/Freetype? (if there are any). Yes. I modified gdtestft.c to load the arial font instead of the "times" one by default. http://www.documents.cyberabuse.org/fttest.png Another proof of GD having freetype compiled with it is the phpinfo() result : FreeType Support enabled FreeType Linkage with freetype (with freetype 2) FreeType Support enabled FreeType Linkage with TTF library (with freetype 1) If phpinfo() says it's ok and then the function says it's bugged... then I say something is wrong. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-07-12 18:44:38] wez@php.net Try this short program: #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include "gd.h" int main (int argc, char **argv) { gdImagePtr im; im = gdImageCreate(100,100); printf("TTF returns %s\n", gdImageStringTTF(im, NULL, 1, "dummy.ttf", 12, 0, 0, 0, "test")); gdImageDestroy (im); return 0; } Then do: gcc gdttf.c -lgd -ljpeg -lpng -lfreetype -lm Try -lttf instead of -lfreetype, depending on which you have installed. If you still get the "libgd was not built with TrueType font support", then you haven't build gd with TrueType font support. If you get any other error, then something screwy is going on. --Wez. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-07-12 18:28:47] wez@php.net Are you really, really sure that GD is linked with freetype support?? "By default GD doesn't compile without freetype installed" That statement is not correct in any of the GD sources that I have seen; you need to explicitly enable TTF/Freetype support in the makefiles. Can you successfully run the GD test programs that work with TTF/Freetype? (if there are any). --Wez. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-07-12 18:26:50] wez@php.net (Please use the web interface to reply!) User Comment: Heh, sure... By default GD doesn't compile without freetype installed. Today here's what I've tried : FreeBSD 4.3 : Apache 1.3.20 + PHP 4.04pl1 + lib GD 1.8.3 + freetype 1.3.1 << doesn't work Apache 1.3.20 + PHP 4.06 + lib GD 1.8.3 + freetype 1.3.1 << doesn't work Apache 1.3.20 + PHP 4.06 + lib GD 1.8.4 + freetype 2.0.4 << doesn't work Apache 1.3.20 + PHP 4.06 + lib GD 2.0.1.beta + freetype 2.0.4 << doesn't work Linux 2.2 : Apache 1.3.20 + PHP 4.03pl1 + lib GD 1.8.3 + freetype 1.3.1 << worked Apache 1.3.20 + PHP 4.06 + lib GD 1.8.4 + freetype 2.0.4 << doesn't work The only difference in the version that works is PHP is not a dynamic module. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-07-12 07:39:23] wez@php.net That "libgd was not built with TrueType font support" message comes from the GD library itself, not PHP. Did you compile the GD library with TrueType font support? --Wez. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/?id=12065 Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=12065&edit=1