Building 64-bit FreeType libraries for OpenJDK 6 on Windows

The FreeType build for Windows amd64 is similar to the i586 build but has a much more complex configuration. Contrary to the i586 version, the amd64 library can be built with freely available tools using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Express Edition with the Windows Server 2003 SP1 Platform SDK.

Getting ready

For this recipe, we need to have Windows 7 SP1 amd64 running.

How to do it...

The following steps will help us in building FreeType:

  1. Download the Visual Studio 2005 Express Edition from http://www.microsoft.com/en-in/default.aspx and install it to the default location. The messages about Windows 7 compatibility problems may be ignored.
  2. Install VS80sp1-KB926748-X86-INTL and VS80sp1-KB932232-X86-ENU ...

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