Re: libxft2 and 0.92 compile: version problem

On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 01:46:55PM -0600, Norman Finlay wrote:
> 
>     checking whether libXft is at least version 2.1.0... no
> 
>     ERROR!!! libXft on this system is an old version.
>              Please consider upgrading to at least version 2.1.0.
> 
> I am using debain sid (kanotix) and here is the version info on the xft 
> libraries present:
>     $ apt-cache show libxft2 says: Version: 2.1.7-1
>     $ apt-cache show libxft-dev says: Version: 2.1.7-1
> 
> As I read it, the version on the system meets the version requirements, 

apt-cache show <package> only shows the version available in the archives       
specified in sources.list.                                                      
You should use dpkg -l to determine the installed version, like this:

[boll@andariel ~]$ dpkg -l|grep -i xft
ii  latex-xft-fonts                       0.1-5
Xft-compatible versions of some LaTeX fonts
ii  libxft-dev                            2.1.7-1
FreeType-based font drawing library for X (d
ii  libxft2                               2.1.7-1
FreeType-based font drawing library for X
[boll@andariel ~]$


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