pdf2htmlex @0.11: Error: cannot locate fontforge.h

[wealthychef1]

I'm trying to build pdf2htmlex on MacOS Ventura.

rcook@MacBook-Pro-2021 (Downloads ): uname -a
Darwin MacBook-Pro-2021.local 22.5.0 Darwin Kernel Version 22.5.0: Thu Jun  8 22:22:20 PDT 2023; root:xnu-8796.121.3~7/RELEASE_ARM64_T6000 arm64
rcook@MacBook-Pro-2021 (Downloads ): port -v
MacPorts 2.8.1

But it fails with an error:

port clean pdf2htmlex
--->  Cleaning pdf2htmlex
root@MacBook-Pro-2021 (Downloads ): port install pdf2htmlex
--->  Computing dependencies for pdf2htmlex
--->  Fetching archive for pdf2htmlex
--->  Attempting to fetch pdf2htmlex-0.11_23.darwin_22.arm64.tbz2 from https://packages.macports.org/pdf2htmlex
--->  Attempting to fetch pdf2htmlex-0.11_23.darwin_22.arm64.tbz2 from https://ywg.ca.packages.macports.org/mirror/macports/packages/pdf2htmlex
--->  Attempting to fetch pdf2htmlex-0.11_23.darwin_22.arm64.tbz2 from http://mirror.fcix.net/macports/packages/pdf2htmlex
--->  Fetching distfiles for pdf2htmlex
--->  Verifying checksums for pdf2htmlex
--->  Extracting pdf2htmlex
--->  Applying patches to pdf2htmlex
--->  Configuring pdf2htmlex
Error: Failed to configure pdf2htmlex: configure failure: command execution failed
Error: See /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_textproc_pdf2htmlex/pdf2htmlex/main.log for details.
Error: Follow https://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets if you believe there is a bug.
Error: Processing of port pdf2htmlex failed

The log file shows this:

:info:configure CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:97 (message):
:info:configure   Error: cannot locate fontforge.h
:info:configure -- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!

Log attached.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

First we should probably try to update the port. 0.11 was released in 2014. ​We could update to 0.14.6 which was released in 2015. That is the last version available, however, and the project was archived in 2018, so if that doesn't work, we'll have to dig in to try to find the cause. There were ​hundreds of open bug reports when the project was archived; maybe one of them discusses this problem.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Whoops, didn't mean to change the description.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Replying to ryandesign:

​We could update to 0.14.6

It looks like updating the port has been tried before and was unsuccessful.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Let's handle this in that ticket.

[wealthychef1]

Thank you for your attention.