Using TTF and how to configure the fontconfig in Linux
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First thing: are you locked to that old and outdated version of Qt ? If not please upgrade to Qt 5 or if not possible then Qt 4.8.7 which is the latest and last version available for the Qt 4 series.
I guess that you compiler Qt yourself ? If so, you should add the fontconfig dev packages to your system in order to build Qt with support for it.
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First thing: are you locked to that old and outdated version of Qt ? If not please upgrade to Qt 5 or if not possible then Qt 4.8.7 which is the latest and last version available for the Qt 4 series.
I guess that you compiler Qt yourself ? If so, you should add the fontconfig dev packages to your system in order to build Qt with support for it.
@SGaist Yes I'm locked to 4.7.2, and I did not set it up myself.
I got a VirtualMachine with Linux on it and Qt already Setup. That's why my Qt-knowledge is quite small, I startet working with it few weeks ago.I hope the fontconfig dev packages are already installed. If not, I can't do it myself, since I don't have an active Internet connection on my workstation.
My main problem is, that when I try to run QFontDatabase::addApplicationFont(..) I get a -1 as return, although I use a valid .ttf file as parameter and I think the problem leads to fontconfig.
ATM, this forum is pretty much everything I can rely on.
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Worst case, you can use a USB key to get the package from another station on to your virtual machine unless that something that is also locked.
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Worst case, you can use a USB key to get the package from another station on to your virtual machine unless that something that is also locked.
Thanks for the reply @SGaist
I managed to install freefont on my system, apparently it was not installed already. Now it shows me other errors, that it can't find the include files. Although I have the include files.I think either the includes are linked wrong, or I'm missing some installation progress.
btw. I didn't manage to install the packeges you suggested. -
Where are your includes installed ?
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@SGaist I thought that I don't have the fontconfig library installed, but I just checked with the command:
/sbin/ldconfig -pAnd it turns out that I do have the library installed. This is what I find:
libfontconfig.so.1 (libc6,x86-64) => usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfontconfig.so.1 libfontconfig.so.1 (libc6) => usr/lib/i1386-linux-gnu/libfontconfig.so.1I still couldn't install the fontconfig-dev packages.
The current error is:
fontconfig/fontconfig.h: No such file or directory #include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>What would you suggest to do next?
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You won't have the headers if you don't have the dev package installed. Like I suggested before, you can grab the package for the repositories of the distribution running on your virtual machine and install it.
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You won't have the headers if you don't have the dev package installed. Like I suggested before, you can grab the package for the repositories of the distribution running on your virtual machine and install it.
@SGaist Yeah, I'm trying to get it installed, I get alot of errors though.
When I run the downloaded .deb (http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/libfontconfig1-dev).
I can't install it via the Software Center.
And when I run the dpkg command, it won't install. (Errors encountered) -
Which version of Ubuntu are you running on that virtual machine ?
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@SGaist I installed fontconfig-config, because it looks like it's a dependency from libfontconfig1 (http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/libfontconfig1)
I'm not sure if it's because of that, but I managed to get a bit further with the make process.
The only errors are variables that are not used.I get a fontconfig file. not sure how I run or use it though.
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@LostDeveloper
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