`makeotf` error about afdko HOT 10 CLOSED

The issue with Ubuntu is trying run a 32 bit software in a 64 bit Operating System. I could fix that by installing ia32-libs. I think it's the same issue in in the Mac as well.

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I couldn't find ia32-libs in the repository on ubuntu 16.04.
The following solved it for me.
sudo apt install lib32z1

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When I make FDK use system Python installation on Ubuntu by un-commenting the line in setFDKpaths file above error goes away. But when I call a tool such as "makeotf" it gives the error below.
Please re-install the FDK. The executable directory '/home/randika/FDK/Tools/linux' is missing the tools: ['tx', 'makeotfexe']. for the files referenced by the shell script is missing.
The files mentioned above are in the given path and re-installing did not solve the issue.

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The "makeotf" shell script can't find the embedded Python interpreter required to run the "MakeOTF.py" script, because that "Python" subfolder is not actually included in the Github repository. That needs to be built and configured, as explained in "Building the Python interpreter for the FDK", in the "FDK Build Notes.txt":

the FDK will use the Python interpreter whose path is specified in the file "setFDKPaths" This line can be changed to point to any other Python interpreter program on the system. However, if you choose to use another Python interpreter, you must add the several third party packages.

If you just want to use the afdko without worrying about all this, you can just grab the latest release from Adobe's webite: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/opentype/afdko.html

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@paarandika Sorry, I didn't read your comment properly.
The problem is that the executable directory is not in your PATH. That's where makeotf is looking for tx and makeotfexe, etc.
So to fix this, you also need to append the executable directory to your $PATH variable in .bash_profile, .profile, or .bashrc.

This is what I get in my OS X .bash_profile after I install the AFDKO from Adobe website:

# Initialization for FDK command line tools.Mon Jun  2 12:20:50 2014
FDK_EXE="/Users/cosimolupo/bin/FDK/Tools/osx"
PATH=${PATH}:"/Users/cosimolupo/bin/FDK/Tools/osx"
export PATH
export FDK_EXE

Point this to the directory where the compiled tx and makeotfexe are, and see if it works then.
Cheers,

C.

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I have .bashrc, .bash_profile and .profile with lines below. I have added the lines to .bash_profile and .bashrc manually later. The .profile was automatically created.

path=$PATH:"/home/randika/bin/FDK/Tools/linux"
export PATH
export FDK_EXE

But still the error persists.

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If you export the PATH (all uppercase) variable in .bash_profile, you don't also need to redo it in .profile or bashrc. Try use one of the three.
If you are trying to set up the Github's afdko, but have previously installed the pre-packaged release, you need to comment out any automatically generated lines in your .profile that were created by the install scripts, and replace them with the actual path to the executable directory located inside your git repository.

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No I'm trying the prepackaged version

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Oh well, that's supposed to work out of the box... I don't have a Linux machine to test it. Let's see what others come up with.

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@anthrotype @paarandika Thanks!

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