Download (HTTP): https://downloads.sourceforge.net/freetype/freetype-2.10.2.tar.xz
If you downloaded the additional documentation, unpack it into the source tree using the following command:
tar -xf ../freetype-doc-2.10.2.tar.xz --strip-components=2 -C docs
Install FreeType2 by running the following commands:
sed -ri "s:.*(AUX_MODULES.*valid):1:" modules.cfg &&
sed -r "s:.*(#.*SUBPIXEL_RENDERING) .*:1:"
-i include/freetype/config/ftoption.h &&
./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-freetype-config --disable-static &&
make
This package does not come with a test suite.
Now, as the root user:
make install