Lion OSX: How to install libfreetype.6.dylib?

Question

I am trying to install a ruby gem, but the installation process is stopped, because:

ld: file not found: /usr/local/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib for architecture x86_         


        

Answer 1

What library are you trying to install? Could it by chance be ImageMagick? Also, if it's a RubyGem, why is the post tagged with homebrew?

Anyways, I got this error when installing ImageMagick, you need to symlink /opt/X11/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib to /usr/local/lib.

do this:

ln -s /opt/X11/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib /usr/local/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib