Comment 1 for bug 915774

Here is an update.

I install the following pkgs of specific versions to get the libxft-dev:

sudo apt-get install libxrender-dev=1:0.9.5-1
sudo apt-get install libfreetype6=2.3.11-1ubuntu2
sudo apt-get install libfreetype6-dev=2.3.11-1ubuntu2
sudo apt-get install libfontconfig1-dev=2.8.0-2ubuntu1
sudo apt-get install libxft-dev=2.1.14-1ubuntu1

This allows me to install tk8.5-dev, which I need in order to be able to
build graphviz-2.80.0.

Furthermore, I had to downgrade some pkgs in order to install libdevil-dev:

sudo apt-get install libtiff4=3.9.2-2
sudo apt-get install libtiff4-dev
sudo apt-get install liblcms1=1.18.dfsg-1ubuntu2
sudo apt-get install liblcms1-dev
sudo apt-get install libdevil-dev=1.7.8-6