Part Number: PHYTC-3P-KIT-AM64
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Hello Experts,
I want to use FreeType C library in one of my CCS projects running in A53 core. After compiling the library using CMake generates .lib file. But linking this file to the project is not working.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Best,
Akash
Hello Akash,
But linking this file to the project is not working.
How are you linking the *.lib to the project?
Have you properly update the path and file name in the project properties?
What error are you getting? Please share screenshot of the error logs.
Please refer below image.
Regards,
Tushar
Hi Tushar,
Thanks for the reply. Here is the output log while building the freetype library using Cmake.
Now, I have the freetyped.lib file generated at freetype-2.13.3\build\Debug dir. Below are the screenshots mentioning inclusion of the path to CCS project.
In compiler (adding .h file path)
In linker (adding .lib file path)
Below is the part of code snippet used to varify installation:
#include <ft2build.h>
#include FT_FREETYPE_H
Inside main function:
TT_Engine engine; // Handle for the FreeType engine
TT_Error error; // Variable to capture error codes
// Initialize the FreeType engine
error = TT_Init_FreeType(&engine);
error = TT_Init_FreeType(&engine);
if (error) {
printf("Error initializing FreeType engine: %ld\n", error);
} else {
printf("FreeType engine initialized successfully.\n");
}
error = TT_Done_FreeType(engine);
if (error) {
printf("Error closing FreeType engine: %ld\n", error);
} else {
printf("FreeType engine closed successfully.\n");
}
Following is the output log while building the project.
Best,
Akash
Hello Akash,
In the above shared screenshot, I can see that you have only added the path of the lib to the project. You will also need to specify which lib to search for.
Please refer below screenshot.
Regards,
Tushar
Hi Tushar,
Thanks for the reply. Now I've added the lib name too.
But again, it has some errors while building the project. Here is the output log.
BR,
Akash
Hi Tushar,
Yes, the building process is the same as mentioned in my detailed reply here.
Now, I have the freetyped.lib file generated at freetype-2.13.3\build\Debug dir. Below are the screenshots mentioning inclusion of the path to CCS project.
After adding the library name in the linker property as suggested by you, I'm getting the error "file format not recognized" as mentioned in my last reply.
Now after changing the library name to "freetype.debug.lib" in the directory as well as in the property, I'm getting the same error again "file format not recognized".
Additional point: I'm not sure but it can be related to the building of library as the CCS is targetting an A53 core of an ARM processor. But I have no idea how, if we need to build the library differently in that case.
BR,
Akash
you can use existing makefiles as reference present in the MCU+SDK for generating new lib for A53 cores.
Hi Tushar,
Can you please send a link to the reference please? The latest version of Freetype lib has numerous .h and .c files at different locations so its not practical to build it manually by additing .h and .c files to a library CCS project.
BR,
Akash
