Description

The FreeType library is needed to display the text in Windows applications. Without it no graphical Windows application can work.

Resolution

On CrossOver 17 and greater, the simplest solution to fix this issue is to run:

/path/to/cxoffice/bin/cxfix missinglibfreetype missinglibfreetype.amd64

Or add --show-all to see how CrossOver would fix it on your platform and others.

Alternatively you may try one of the commands below.

• For 32-bit Windows applications
  • 32-bit Arch Linux : pacman -Syu freetype2
  • 64-bit Arch Linux : pacman -Syu lib32-freetype2
  • Debian : apt-get install libfreetype6:i386
  • 32-bit Fedora : yum install freetype
  • 64-bit Fedora : yum install freetype.i686 freetype.x86_64
  • 32-bit openSUSE >= 11.2 : zypper install freetype2
  • 64-bit openSUSE >= 11.2 : zypper install freetype2-32bit
  • 32-bit openSUSE >= 11.3 : zypper install libfreetype6
  • 64-bit openSUSE >= 11.3 : zypper install libfreetype6-32bit

• For 64-bit Windows applications
  • Arch Linux : pacman -Syu freetype2
  • Debian : apt-get install libfreetype6:amd64
  • Fedora : yum install freetype.x86_64
  • openSUSE >= 11.2 : zypper install freetype2
  • openSUSE >= 11.3 : zypper install libfreetype6

Notes:

• cxfix --show-all may have more up-to-date fixes.
• The commands usually also apply to newer versions of the distributions above as well as derived distributions. So for instance a fix for Debian 7 may still be valid for the latest Debian Testing and is typically also applicable to Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Deepin and Pop! OS. Similarly a fix for Fedora likely also works on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, etc.