I found the issue it was to do with a makefile. Unfortunately now I have another problem.

I try to compile and I get this message

Code:
make[1]: mipsel-linux-gcc: Command not found
make[1]: *** [ftsystem.o] Error 127
make[1]: Leaving directory `/opt/ds2sdk/ireader/ebook/obj'
make: *** [main] Error 2
Now I know that this is an issue with freetype 2.3.9 and I have googled for a solution but nothing makes any sense (this is not an issue caused by any of my changes as it happens when I attempt to compile the unaltered source code.