Now comes the problem. FontForge is open source and doesn't provide any compiled binary for Mac OS X ab 10.6. That means, one must complie it before it can be used. So after a little searching again, I found Garrick's guide [How to install fontforge on mac os lion]. Sadly, the process he used doesn't work for me.
He suggests that it can be done easily with the commands:
brew install fontforgesudo brew link fontforge
The first command returns some fatal errors:
Error: Failed executing: make install
These existing issues may help you:
https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/issues/7658
https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/issues/8144
https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/issues/8491
Then the answers in those issues suggest:
brew install cairo --use-clang
I tried
brew install fontforge
Error: Failed executing: make
If `brew doctor' does not help diagnose the issue, please report the bug:
https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/wiki/checklist-before-filing-a-new-issue
According to the message, I ran the command:
brew doctor
Unbrewed dylibs were found in /usr/local/lib.
If you didn't put them there on purpose they could cause problems when
building Homebrew formulae, and may need to be deleted.
Unexpected dylibs:
/usr/local/lib/libfaac.0.dylib
/usr/local/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib
/usr/local/lib/libical.0.0.0.dylib
/usr/local/lib/libicalss.0.0.0.dylib
/usr/local/lib/libicalvcal.0.0.0.dylib
/usr/local/lib/libltdl.3.1.0.dylib
/usr/local/lib/libmp3lame.0.dylib
/usr/local/lib/libmp4v2.0.dylib
Unbrewed static libraries were found in /usr/local/lib.
If you didn't put them there on purpose they could cause problems when
building Homebrew formulae, and may need to be deleted.
Unexpected static libraries:
/usr/local/lib/libdevkit.a
/usr/local/lib/libical.a
/usr/local/lib/libicalss.a
/usr/local/lib/libicalvcal.a
/usr/local/lib/libkld.a
/usr/local/lib/libltdl.a
/usr/local/lib/libredo_prebinding.a
Unbrewed .la files were found in /usr/local/lib.
If you didn't put them there on purpose they could cause problems when
building Homebrew formulae, and may need to be deleted.
Unexpected .la files:
/usr/local/lib/libical.la
/usr/local/lib/libicalss.la
/usr/local/lib/libicalvcal.la
/usr/local/lib/libltdl.la
So I deleted all the above mentioned files manually and executed the command again.
brew install fontforge
The result:
Error: Failed executing: make
If `brew doctor' does not help diagnose the issue, please report the bug:
https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/wiki/checklist-before-filing-a-new-issue
Very luckily I saw a warning before the compiling errors, that reads:
Warning: Building with LLVM, but this formula is reported to not work with LLVM:
Compiling cvexportdlg.c fails with error: initializer element is not constant
We are continuing anyway so if the build succeeds, please open a ticket with
the following information: 2336-10.7. So
that we can update the formula accordingly. Thanks!
If it doesn't work you can: brew install --use-gcc
So I tried the command again:
brew install fontforge --use-gcc
In conclusion, the right commands to compile FontForge on Mac OS X Lion should be:
brew install cairo --use-clang
brew install fontforge --use-gcc
In order to see FontForge in Application folder, you need to run this command:
ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/fontforge/20110222/FontForge.app /Applications
6 comments:
Hi
I'm really battling with this. I have no knowledge at all with anything slightly related to programming, so panic when I see any sort of script or command. I've downloaded both the FontForge_intelmacX.5_x86-py25-20080828.pkg and a fontforge-20110222 folder with a whole lot of files in it and put them on my desktop. Where to from here? I'm on mac os10.6
Any help would very very appreciated!
Cheers
Cindy
@Motou:
First of all Motou. A big "Dankeschön" for your writeup on how to install fontforge on Lion.
Without your help - frankly - I would have never have figured it out.
With your instructions, it was a breeze and the whole build took about 45 minutes on an Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro.
Now let me write some stuff for Cinderella who seems to be lost in installing brew to start with or possibly does not know what it is.
@Cinderella:
Cinderella, hope this helps. Yes, it uses the scary command line, but its really SIMPLE. I promise.
Here are the steps:
Preliminary Steps and prerequisites:
1) Make sure you are connected to the internet while doing these.
2) You must be doing this on the computer that you want to use fontforge on because it will be custom build, so to speak, for this machine.
OK, onto Step 1 (installing "brew" - a package manager for OSX)
Open a terminal.
Past this link:
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/gist/323731)"
It will install "brew".
It will ask you a few questions just accept all defaults (press enter) and enter you password when prompted (you need to be an admin to install brew).
Let it do its thing and it should say in the end "==> Installation successful!".
That was not too hard, was it?
Step 2 (following the instructions from this site to install fontforge)
In a terminal type or copy:
brew install cairo --use-clang
It will take a few minutes to download and install.
When its done it will say something like this:
==> Summary
/usr/local/Cellar/cairo/1.10.2: 95 files, 6.7M, built in 3.5 minutes
Still with me? Still doable and not too scary?
Continue with this longest step of all:
In a terminal type or copy:
brew install fontforge --use-gcc
Again it will download some stuff and take a while. Go and make a coffee.
Now drink it. Relax, it will finish.... Eventually.... It is the longest step of the lot and be patient.
A lot of messages will appear now and again, some of them "Warnings" in red. Just ignore it. As long as it finishes as described you are good to go.
Sometimes nothing might appear to be happening for 10-15 minutes or so, but it is working. It is "compiling" the source code into code that can be run on your machine.
If all goes well, and it should, you should see the following in the end:
==> Summary
/usr/local/Cellar/fontforge/20110222: 270 files, 15M, built in 9.1 minutes
As the final and last (and fast) step create a link as described above so find FontForge.app in your applications folder.
ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/fontforge/20110222/FontForge.app /Applications
DONE!
This is my write up on how I followed Motou's instructions and it works like a charm!
Thanks again.
Do these instructions give a working Libspiro installation - i.e. you can use the Spiro functionality?
thanks for the write-up
Stefan
I am stuck! Please help guys, I keep getting:
Please report this bug:
https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/wiki/reporting-bugs
/usr/local/Library/Homebrew/extend/string.rb:18:in `gsub!'
/usr/local/Library/Homebrew/extend/string.rb:18:in `gsub!'
/usr/local/Library/Formula/fontforge.rb:47:in `install'
/usr/local/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb:235:in `inreplace'
/usr/local/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb:229:in `each'
/usr/local/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb:229:in `inreplace'
/usr/local/Library/Formula/fontforge.rb:46:in `install'
/usr/local/Library/Homebrew/build.rb:88:in `install'
/usr/local/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb:192:in `brew'
/usr/local/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb:519:in `stage'
/usr/local/Library/Homebrew/extend/fileutils.rb:22:in `mktemp'
/usr/local/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb:515:in `stage'
/usr/local/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb:187:in `brew'
/usr/local/Library/Homebrew/build.rb:67:in `install'
/usr/local/Library/Homebrew/build.rb:30
/usr/local/Library/Formula/fontforge.rb:54
:( I don't have a clue what to do!
@steveb
try to figure out if you have installed the newest version of Ruby.
I installed the latest xcode app on Mac OS Lion, opened a terminal, then typed in:
brew install cairo --use-clang
After a few minutes I received the message:
Error: Failed executing: make install (cairo.rb:39)
I looked through a bunch of troubleshoot forums and didn't see anyone with the exact problem. Can anyone help??
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