Install error: face_feature.cpp:46:23: error: ‘hb_ft_face_create_referenced’ was not declared in this scope

[ShuqingL]

In R-3.6.1 run install.packages("textshaping").
I got the following error message.

trying URL 'https://mirrors.sustech.edu.cn/CRAN/src/contrib/textshaping_0.4.0.tar.gz'
Content type 'application/octet-stream' length 37960 bytes (37 KB)
==================================================
downloaded 37 KB

* installing *source* package ‘textshaping’ ...
** package ‘textshaping’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
** using staged installation
Found pkg-config cflags and libs!
Using PKG_CFLAGS=-I/usr/include/harfbuzz -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/fribidi
Using PKG_LIBS=-lharfbuzz -lfreetype -lfribidi
** libs
rm -f textshaping.so cpp11.o face_feature.o hb_shaper.o init.o string_bidi.o string_metrics.o string_shape.o
g++ -std=gnu++11 -I"/share/Software/R-3.6.1/lib/R/include" -DNDEBUG -DNDEBUG -I/usr/include/harfbuzz -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/fribidi   -I"/share/Software/R-3.6.1/library/cpp11/include" -I"/share/Software/R-3.6.1/library/systemfonts/include" -I/usr/local/include  -fpic  -g -O2  -c cpp11.cpp -o cpp11.o
g++ -std=gnu++11 -I"/share/Software/R-3.6.1/lib/R/include" -DNDEBUG -DNDEBUG -I/usr/include/harfbuzz -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/fribidi   -I"/share/Software/R-3.6.1/library/cpp11/include" -I"/share/Software/R-3.6.1/library/systemfonts/include" -I/usr/local/include  -fpic  -g -O2  -c face_feature.cpp -o face_feature.o
face_feature.cpp: In function ‘cpp11::writable::list get_face_features_c(cpp11::strings, cpp11::integers)’:
face_feature.cpp:46:23: error: ‘hb_ft_face_create_referenced’ was not declared in this scope
     hb_face_t *face = hb_ft_face_create_referenced(ft_face);
                       ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
face_feature.cpp:46:23: note: suggested alternative: ‘hb_ft_face_create_cached’
     hb_face_t *face = hb_ft_face_create_referenced(ft_face);
                       ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                       hb_ft_face_create_cached
make: *** [face_feature.o] Error 1
ERROR: compilation failed for package ‘textshaping’
* removing ‘/share/Software/R-3.6.1/library/textshaping’

The downloaded source packages are in
        ‘/tmp/RtmprHQtB7/downloaded_packages’
Warning message:
In install.packages("textshaping") :
  installation of package ‘textshaping’ had non-zero exit status

I try to re-install the system library lharfbuzz, lfreetype and lfribidi, the problem still exists.
At present, I do not know where this face_feature.cpp is located or how to solve this problem.

[thomasp85]

My best guess is that you have compiled Harfbuzz without freetype support?

[thomasp85]

Feel free to reopen if it persist