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7<chapter id="install-harfbuzz">
8  <title>Installing HarfBuzz</title>
9
10  <section id="download">
11    <title id="download.title">Downloading HarfBuzz</title>
12    <para>
13      The HarfBuzz source code is hosted at <ulink
14      url="https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz">github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz</ulink>. The
15      same source tree is also available at the
16      <ulink
17	  url="http://cgit.freedesktop.org/harfbuzz/">Freedesktop.org</ulink>
18      site.
19    </para>
20    <para>
21      Tarball releases and Win32 binary bundles (which include the
22      libharfbuzz DLL, hb-view.exe, hb-shape.exe, and all
23      dependencies) of HarfBuzz can be downloaded from <ulink
24      url="https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz">github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/releases</ulink>
25      or from
26      <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/software/harfbuzz/release/">Freedesktop.org</ulink>.
27    </para>
28    <para>
29      Release notes are posted with each new release to provide an
30      overview of the changes. The project <ulink url="https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/issues">tracks bug
31      reports and other issues</ulink> on GitHub. Discussion and
32      questions are welcome on the <ulink
33      url="http://freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/harfbuzz/">HarfBuzz
34      mailing list</ulink>.
35    </para>
36    <para>
37      The API included in the <filename
38      class='headerfile'>hb.h</filename> file will not change in a
39      compatibility-breaking way in any release. However, other,
40      peripheral headers are more likely to go through minor
41      modifications. We will do our best to never change APIs in an
42      incompatible way. We will <emphasis>never</emphasis> break the ABI.
43    </para>
44  </section>
45
46  <section id="building">
47    <title>Building HarfBuzz</title>
48
49    <section id="building.linux">
50      <title>Building on Linux</title>
51    <para>
52      <emphasis>(1)</emphasis> To build HarfBuzz on Linux, you must first install the
53      development packages for FreeType, Cairo, and GLib. The exact
54      commands required for this step will vary depending on
55      the Linux distribution you use.
56    </para>
57    <para>
58      For example, on an Ubuntu or Debian system, you would run:
59      <programlisting>
60	<command>sudo apt install</command> <package>gcc g++
61	libfreetype6-dev libglib2.0-dev libcairo2-dev</package>
62      </programlisting>
63      On Fedora, RHEL, CentOS, or other Red-Hat&ndash;based systems, you would run:
64      <programlisting>
65	<command>sudo yum install</command> <package>gcc gcc-c++ freetype-devel glib2-devel cairo-devel</package>
66      </programlisting>
67
68    </para>
69
70    <para>
71      <emphasis>(2)</emphasis> The next step depends on whether you
72      are building from the source in a downloaded release tarball or
73      from the source directly from the git repository.
74    </para>
75    <para>
76      <emphasis>(2)(a)</emphasis> If you downloaded the HarfBuzz
77      source code in a tarball, you can now extract the source.
78    </para>
79    <para>
80      From a shell in the top-level directory of the extracted source
81      code, you can run <command>./configure</command> followed by
82      <command>make</command> as with any other standard package.
83    </para>
84    <para>
85      This should leave you with a shared
86      library in the <filename>src/</filename> directory, and a few
87      utility programs including <command>hb-view</command> and
88      <command>hb-shape</command> under the <filename>util/</filename>
89      directory.
90    </para>
91    <para>
92      <emphasis>(2)(b)</emphasis> If you are building from the source in the HarfBuzz git
93      repository, rather than installing from a downloaded tarball
94      release, then you must install two more auxiliary tools before you
95      can build for the first time: <package>pkg-config</package> and
96      <ulink url="http://www.complang.org/ragel/">ragel</ulink>.
97    </para>
98    <para>
99      On Ubuntu or Debian, run:
100      <programlisting>
101	<command>sudo apt-get install</command> <package>autoconf automake libtool pkg-config ragel gtk-doc-tools</package>
102      </programlisting>
103      On Fedora, RHEL, CentOS, run:
104      <programlisting>
105	<command>sudo yum install</command> <package>autoconf automake libtool pkgconfig ragel gtk-doc</package>
106      </programlisting>
107
108    </para>
109    <para>
110      With <package>pkg-config</package> and <package>ragel</package>
111      installed, you can now run <command>./autogen.sh</command>,
112      followed by <command>./configure</command> and
113      <command>make</command> to build HarfBuzz.
114    </para>
115    </section>
116
117
118    <section id="building.windows">
119      <title>Building on Windows</title>
120
121      <para>
122	On Windows, consider using Microsoft's free <ulink
123	url="https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg">vcpkg</ulink> utility
124	to build HarfBuzz, its dependencies, and other open-source
125	libraries.
126      </para>
127      <para>
128	If you need to build HarfBuzz from source, first put the
129	<program>ragel</program> binary on your
130	<literal>PATH</literal>, then follow the appveyor CI cmake
131	<ulink
132	    url="https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/blob/master/appveyor.yml">build
133	instructions</ulink>.
134      </para>
135    </section>
136
137
138    <section id="building.macos">
139      <title>Building on macOS</title>
140
141      <para>
142	There are two ways to build HarfBuzz on Mac systems: MacPorts
143	and Homebrew. The process is similar to the process used on a
144	Linux system.
145      </para>
146      <para>
147	<emphasis>(1)</emphasis> You must first install the
148	development packages for FreeType, Cairo, and GLib. If you are
149	using MacPorts, you should run:
150      <programlisting>
151	<command>sudo port install</command> <package>freetype glib2 cairo</package>
152      </programlisting>
153      </para>
154      <para>
155	If you are using Homebrew, you should run:
156	<programlisting>
157	  <command>brew install</command> <package>freetype glib cairo</package>
158	</programlisting>
159      </para>
160      <para>
161	<emphasis>(2)</emphasis> The next step depends on whether you are building from the
162	source in a downloaded release tarball or from the source directly
163	from the git repository.
164      </para>
165      <para>
166	<emphasis>(2)(a)</emphasis> If you are installing HarfBuzz
167	from a downloaded tarball release, extract the tarball and
168	open a Terminal in the extracted source-code directory. Run:
169	<programlisting>
170	  <command>./configure</command>
171	</programlisting>
172	followed by:
173	<programlisting>
174	  <command>make</command>
175	</programlisting>
176	to build HarfBuzz.
177      </para>
178      <para>
179	<emphasis>(2)(b)</emphasis> Alternatively, if you are building
180	HarfBuzz from the source in the HarfBuzz git repository, then
181	you must install several built-time dependencies before
182	proceeding.
183      </para>
184      <para>If you are
185	using MacPorts, you should run:
186      <programlisting>
187	<command>sudo port install</command> <package>autoconf
188	automake libtool pkgconfig ragel gtk-doc</package>
189      </programlisting>
190      to install the build dependencies.
191      </para>
192      <para>If you are using Homebrew, you should run:
193	<programlisting>
194	  <command>brew install</command> <package>autoconf automake libtool pkgconfig ragel gtk-doc</package>
195	</programlisting>
196      	Finally, you can run:
197	<programlisting>
198	  <command>./autogen.sh</command>
199	</programlisting>
200      </para>
201      <para>
202	<emphasis>(3)</emphasis> You can now build HarfBuzz (on either
203	a MacPorts or a Homebrew system) by running:
204	<programlisting>
205	  <command>./configure</command>
206	</programlisting>
207	followed by:
208	<programlisting>
209	  <command>make</command>
210	</programlisting>
211      </para>
212      <para>
213	This should leave you with a shared
214	library in the <filename>src/</filename> directory, and a few
215	utility programs including <command>hb-view</command> and
216	<command>hb-shape</command> under the <filename>util/</filename>
217	directory.
218      </para>
219
220    </section>
221
222    <section id="configuration">
223      <title>Configuration options</title>
224
225      <para>
226	The instructions in the "Building HarfBuzz" section will build
227	the source code under its default configuration. If needed,
228	the following additional configuration options are available.
229      </para>
230
231      <variablelist>
232	<varlistentry>
233	  <term>--with-libstdc++</term>
234	  <listitem>
235	    <para>
236	      Allow linking with libstdc++. <emphasis>(Default = no)</emphasis>
237	    </para>
238	    <para>
239	      This option enables or disables linking HarfBuzz to the
240	      system's libstdc++ library.
241	    </para>
242	  </listitem>
243	</varlistentry>
244
245	<varlistentry>
246	  <term>--with-glib</term>
247	  <listitem>
248	    <para>
249	     Use <ulink url="https://developer.gnome.org/glib/">GLib</ulink>. <emphasis>(Default = auto)</emphasis>
250	    </para>
251	    <para>
252	      This option enables or disables usage of the GLib
253	      library.  The default setting is to check for the
254	      presence of GLib and, if it is found, build with
255	      GLib support. GLib is native to GNU/Linux systems but is
256	      available on other operating system as well.
257	    </para>
258	  </listitem>
259	</varlistentry>
260
261	<varlistentry>
262	  <term>--with-gobject</term>
263	  <listitem>
264	    <para>
265	      Use <ulink url="https://developer.gnome.org/gobject/stable/">GObject</ulink>. <emphasis>(Default = no)</emphasis>
266	    </para>
267	    <para>
268	      This option enables or disables usage of the GObject
269	      library. The default setting is to check for the
270	      presence of GObject and, if it is found, build with
271	      GObject support. GObject is native to GNU/Linux systems but is
272	      available on other operating system as well.
273	    </para>
274	  </listitem>
275	</varlistentry>
276
277	<varlistentry>
278	  <term>--with-cairo</term>
279	  <listitem>
280	    <para>
281	      Use <ulink url="https://cairographics.org/">Cairo</ulink>. <emphasis>(Default = auto)</emphasis>
282	    </para>
283	    <para>
284	      This option enables or disables usage of the Cairo
285	      graphics-rendering library. The default setting is to
286	      check for the presence of Cairo and, if it is found,
287	      build with Cairo support.
288	    </para>
289	    <para>
290	      Note: Cairo is used only by the HarfBuzz
291	      command-line utilities, and not by the HarfBuzz library.
292	    </para>
293	  </listitem>
294	</varlistentry>
295
296	<varlistentry>
297	  <term>--with-fontconfig</term>
298	  <listitem>
299	    <para>
300	      Use <ulink url="https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fontconfig/">Fontconfig</ulink>. <emphasis>(Default = auto)</emphasis>
301	    </para>
302	    <para>
303	      This option enables or disables usage of the Fontconfig
304	      library, which provides font-matching functions and
305	      provides access to font properties. The default setting
306	      is to check for the presence of Fontconfig and, if it is
307	      found, build with Fontconfig support.
308	    </para>
309	    <para>
310	      Note: Fontconfig is used only by the HarfBuzz
311	      command-line utilities, and not by the HarfBuzz library.
312	    </para>
313	  </listitem>
314	</varlistentry>
315
316	<varlistentry>
317	  <term>--with-icu</term>
318	  <listitem>
319	    <para>
320	      Use the <ulink url="http://site.icu-project.org/home">ICU</ulink> library. <emphasis>(Default = auto)</emphasis>
321	    </para>
322	    <para>
323	      This option enables or disables usage of the
324	      <emphasis>International Components for
325	      Unicode</emphasis> (ICU) library, which provides access
326	      to Unicode Character Database (UCD) properties as well
327	      as normalization and conversion functions. The default
328	      setting is to check for the presence of ICU and, if it
329	      is found, build with ICU support.
330	    </para>
331	  </listitem>
332	</varlistentry>
333
334	<varlistentry>
335	  <term>--with-ucdn</term>
336	  <listitem>
337	    <para>
338	      Use HarfBuzz's <ulink url="https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/tree/master/src/hb-ucdn">built-in UCDN library</ulink>. <emphasis>(Default = auto)</emphasis>
339	    </para>
340	    <para>
341	      The HarfBuzz source tree includes a <emphasis>Unicode
342	      Database and Normalization</emphasis> (UCDN) library
343	      that provides access to basic character properties in
344	      the Unicode Character Database (UCD) as well as low-level
345	      normalization functions. HarfBuzz can be built without
346	      this UCDN support if the usage of a different UCDN
347	      library is desired.
348	    </para>
349	  </listitem>
350	</varlistentry>
351
352	<varlistentry>
353	  <term>--with-graphite2</term>
354	  <listitem>
355	    <para>
356	      Use the <ulink url="http://graphite.sil.org/">Graphite2</ulink> library. <emphasis>(Default = no)</emphasis>
357	    </para>
358	    <para>
359	      This option enables or disables usage of the Graphite2
360	      library, which provides support for the Graphite shaping
361	      model.
362	    </para>
363	  </listitem>
364	</varlistentry>
365
366	<varlistentry>
367	  <term>--with-freetype</term>
368	  <listitem>
369	    <para>
370	      Use the <ulink url="https://www.freetype.org/">FreeType</ulink> library. <emphasis>(Default = auto)</emphasis>
371	    </para>
372	    <para>
373	      This option enables or disables usage of the FreeType
374	      font-rendering library. The default setting is to check for the
375	      presence of FreeType and, if it is found, build with
376	      FreeType support.
377	    </para>
378	  </listitem>
379	</varlistentry>
380
381	<varlistentry>
382	  <term>--with-uniscribe</term>
383	  <listitem>
384	    <para>
385	      Use the <ulink
386	      url="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/intl/uniscribe">Uniscribe</ulink>
387	      library (experimental). <emphasis>(Default = no)</emphasis>
388	    </para>
389	    <para>
390	      This option enables or disables usage of the Uniscribe
391	      font-rendering library. Uniscribe is available on
392	      Windows systems. Uniscribe support is used only for
393	      testing purposes and does not need to be enabled for
394	      HarfBuzz to run on Windows systems.
395	    </para>
396	  </listitem>
397	</varlistentry>
398
399	<varlistentry>
400	  <term>--with-directwrite</term>
401	  <listitem>
402	    <para>
403	      Use the <ulink url="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/directwrite/direct-write-portal">DirectWrite</ulink> library (experimental). <emphasis>(Default = no)</emphasis>
404	    </para>
405	    <para>
406	      This option enables or disables usage of the DirectWrite
407	      font-rendering library. DirectWrite is available on
408	      Windows systems. DirectWrite support is used only for
409	      testing purposes and does not need to be enabled for
410	      HarfBuzz to run on Windows systems.
411	    </para>
412	  </listitem>
413	</varlistentry>
414
415	<varlistentry>
416	  <term>--with-coretext</term>
417	  <listitem>
418	    <para>
419	      Use the <ulink url="https://developer.apple.com/documentation/coretext">CoreText</ulink> library. <emphasis>(Default = no)</emphasis>
420	    </para>
421	    <para>
422	      This option enables or disables usage of the CoreText
423	      library. CoreText is available on macOS and iOS systems.
424	    </para>
425	  </listitem>
426	</varlistentry>
427      </variablelist>
428    </section>
429
430  </section>
431</chapter>
432