Error added: 2006-02-19T18:09:26Z
Add to /etc/apt/sources.list # snapshots of older versions are sometimes required deb http://snapshot.debian.net/archive pool xft2 deb-src http://snapshot.debian.net/archive pool xft2 deb http://snapshot.debian.net/archive pool xft deb-src http://snapshot.debian.net/archive pool xft Then run: apt-get update apt-cache policy libxft2 apt-get install libxft2=2.1.7-1 And all should be fixed.
Installing freetype (2.3.4, but I doubt that matters) did the trick here (Tukaani-edge (Slackware))
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