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

Gabriel F. Engel's answer almost worked for me. I had to do the following change:

brew install freetype
brew link --overwrite freetype

Answer 2

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

Answer 3

Your compiler is trying to link to an lib at a location that doesn't have the lib, however it seems that you have installed it with homebrew. Try running ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/freetype/2.4.10/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib /usr/local/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib to create one, or you can just use the without-freetype flag to skip it.

Answer 4

If you're using brew, you can:

brew link --overwrite freetype