Add -lgif when linking. This patch from the Ubuntu package by Matthias Klose <doko@ubuntu.com>. Index: fontforge-0.0.20080429/fontforge/Makefile.dynamic.in =================================================================== --- fontforge-0.0.20080429.orig/fontforge/Makefile.dynamic.in +++ fontforge-0.0.20080429/fontforge/Makefile.dynamic.in @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ X_11LIB = @X_11LIB@ X_EXTRA_LIBS = @X_EXTRA_LIBS@ X_PRE_LIBS = @X_PRE_LIBS@ -STATIC_LIBS = @STATIC_LIBS@ +STATIC_LIBS = @STATIC_LIBS@ -lgif FF_VERSION=1 FF_REVISION=0