Do you have the fribidi-types.h file present on your system, and if so, can you send me the full path to it?  I think Debian may have moved it from its original location.

I have the fribidi-0.10.9 package installed. That is part of the 12.2 stock packages.

I do not have a fribidi-types.h file installed. I do have installed a /usr/include/fribidi/fribidi_types.h from that package.

OK, I added an autodetect routine to the configure script.  Update to SVN revision 1173991 or higher and try again.

You da man! Check one more off the list.