Configure php 5.3 fail with error : freetype.h not found (but libfreetype6-dev is installed)

Question

I have configured php with the following command:

./configure \\
--prefix=/opt/phpfcgi-5.3.28 \\
--with-pdo-pgsql \\
--with-zlib-dir \\
--with-freetype-dir=/usr/         


        

Answer 1

If you got that message, even if you installed libfreetype6-dev, then try this:

mkdir /usr/include/freetype2/freetype
ln -s /usr/include/freetype2/freetype.h /usr/include/freetype2/freetype/freetype.h

After this, do .configure again.

Additional hint: For some Systems you have to use /usr/local/include....