building X from source: freetype install issues

[mike young]

Thanks to Alan for prodding me in the right direction - my freetype 
issue is resolved.

The next build issue seems to me either meson or ninja:

==  Processing:  "mesa/mesa"
==        configuration options:
ninja: Entering directory `builddir'
ninja: error: loading 'build.ninja': No such file or directory

where should I be looking for build.ninja?

Thanks again...

On 8/30/2020 10:44 AM, mike young wrote:
> Attempting to build X on Debian Buster install. Downloaded and built 
> freetype from freetype.org before building X. When running build.sh, 
> getting error:
>
> ...
>
> checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes
> checking for FREETYPE... no
> checking for freetype-config... no
> configure: error: You must have freetype installed; see 
> http://www.freetype.org/
> build.sh: "./autogen.sh" failed on lib/libXfont
>
> ...
>
>
> Evidently building freetype is not sufficient for building X. Any 
> hints as to what I have neglected to do?
>
> Thanks...
>