freetype-devel

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Jan 14, 2008, at 19:38, Michael Franz wrote:

> I have a program that needs to link against freetype-devel.  I have  
> installed freetype using macports - does this install the devel  
> library?  If not how do I install the devel portion?

In MacPorts there is no separation between the binaries and libraries  
(what some other package managers might install as "freetype") and  
the headers needed to build other software (what some other package  
managers might install as "freetype-devel"). Instead, in MacPorts,  
everything you need is already in "freetype".

In MacPorts, there are a few ports named *-devel. But they serve a  
different and unrelated purpose -- to give you access to development  
versions of a particular port. Usually you do not need development  
versions, and can stick with the stable versions offered in the  
regular versions of the ports.