|http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html >> for PNG image file
support.
-Debian package: C<libpng12-dev>
+Debian package: C<libpng-dev>
Redhat package: C<libpng-devel>
+Cygwin: C<libpng-devel>
+
=head2 TIFF - C<libtiff>
X<< C<libtiff> >>L<Imager::File::TIFF> uses
Redhat package: C<libtiff-devel>
+Cygwin: C<libtiff-devel>
+
=head2 GIF - C<libgif>
X<< C<libgif> >>L<Imager::File::GIF> uses
Redhat package: C<giflib-devel>
+Cygwin: C<libgif-devel>
+
=head2 JPEG - C<libjpeg>
L<Imager::File::JPEG> uses L<< C<libjpeg> |http://www.ijg.org/ >> for JPEG
Redhat package: C<libjpeg-devel>
-Debian package: C<libjpeg8-dev>
+Debian package: C<libjpeg-dev>
+
+Cygwin: C<libjpeg-devel>
=head2 Freetype 2.x - C<libfreetype>
Redhat package: C<freetype-devel>
+Cygwin: C<libfreetype-devel>
+
=head2 Win32 GDI fonts
L<Imager::Font::W32> uses L<Win32
L<Imager::Font::T1> uses L<< C<t1lib> |http://www.t1lib.org/ >> for
font support, supporting Postscript Type 1 fonts only.
+T1Lib is abandonware, the latest released version has several bugs
+that reliably crash on 64-bit systems.
+
+Expect C<Imager::Font::T1> to be unbundled from the Imager
+distribution at some point.
+
Debian package: C<libt1-dev>
Redhat package: C<t1lib-devel>
Freetype 1.x is essentially unsupported and shouldn't be used for new
code.
+Expect Freetype 1 support to be removed from Imager at some point.
+
=head1 PLATFORM SPECIFICS
=head2 Linux
$ perlrebase
-will fix the problem.
+will fix the problem. 64-bit Cygwin significantly reduces occurrences
+of this problem.
=head1 Other issues