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Does the configure script for 6.4.2 actually check for fontconfig and liblqr? I have both of these installed (on Ubuntu Gutsy) and I specify the --with-lqr and --with-fontconfig options, but the result is always "no" and I don't see any tests or test results in config.log. I know that at one point IM was using liblqr because I reported a bug in the LiquidRescaleImage method.
Both these delegate libraries are validated with the autoconf / automake PKG_CHECK_MODULES() macro which requires a fontconfig.pc and lqr-1.pc package file. In addition you must have the development RPMS installed.
Thanks for the tip. For the record, liblqr was not properly installed so there was no lqr-1.pc file. Fontconfig was, and fontconfig.pc exists in the expected directory, but I needed to specify