Installation
To install Ming, download the source distribution from http://www.opaque.net/ming. Ming was designed to not rely on any external libraries, which complicates some aspects of using the library. For example, fonts and images must be converted into special Ming-readable exchange formats instead of being read directly (using a library such as libpng or Freetype). The lack of dependencies makes for a simple installation, though; everything is set up from a preconfigured Makefile. The library should work on most platforms, including Windows.
The Perl wrapper, an XS interface to the C library written by Soheil Seyfaie, can be installed after the library is installed. The Perl interface comes with the standard Ming distribution, and has been successfully tested on Unix and MacOS-based systems.
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