Simple directmedia layer sdl is a crossplatform multimedia library designed to provide fast access to the graphics frame buffer and audio device. Currently the most recent ubuntu packaged version of sdl is 2. First youll need to grab the source package from the sdl2 download page. Ubuntu details of package libsdl2imagedev in xenial. The compilerlinker is set up correctly, im using codeblocks on windows xp. It may be able to be run on systems which could not handle more complex browser and javascript based map viewers. I am having a pretty tough time installing the latest development libraries of sdl in my ubuntu 12. Image loading library for simple directmedia layer 1. Image loading library for simple directmedia layer 2, development files.
Jul 22, 2017 for anyone who wants to know how to install sdl 2. Recently ive been playing around with the sdl library and wanted to start using libsdl2 image 2. Lazy foo productions setting up sdl extension libraries. Image loading library for simple directmedia layer 2, libraries. Some of these installation instructions happen to work with 1. As far as i remember, i did it using synaptic package manager. Also, do i need to install sdl image, mixer, ttf etc etc. Note that additional sdl libraries have their own download page.
It loads images as sdl surfaces, and supports the following formats. Setting up sdl extension libraries on linux lazy foo productions. Simple directmedia layer is a crossplatform development library designed to provide low level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, and graphics hardware via opengl and direct3d. Jan 16, 2012 sdl simple directmedia layer is a multiplatform multimedia library used by many appgame developers in creating emulators, games, mpeg playback software, etc. How to installcompile sdl2 c code on linuxubuntu stack. It loads images as sdl surfaces and textures, and supports the following formats. Installing it using the latest source package, which is distributed for free on softpedia, is easy as pie. I have been trying to get this working with ubuntu 15. Alpine alt linux arch linux centos debian fedora kaos mageia mint openmandriva opensuse openwrt pclinuxos slackware solus ubuntu. Im currently doing some c programming and i actually want to use the sdl library. Im a beginner at programming and sdl, and i am trying to set set up sdl2 on my computer with linux ubuntu 12. Architecture, version, package size, installed size, files. I suggest first getting a rad ide to develop in codeblocks is good.
Ive checked in the folder that it supposedly should have been. Haskell sdl gfx binding for ghc this package provides the sdl gfx library bindings for the haskell programming language. If you put the extension libary headers in the same directories as sdl 2, you can skip this step since you already told the compiler to look in that directory. I am trying to compile the following code which has the headers. Please contact your distribution maintainer for updates. How do i install sdl on ubuntu and how to use it in codeblocks. Ask ubuntu is a question and answer site for ubuntu users and developers. Simple directmedia layer is a crossplatform development library designed to provide low level. Also, when installing some games or software requiring sdl under ubuntu, you may get these errors while compiling them. Or download the sdl source code to compile and install. Image loading library for simple directmedia layer 2, libraries packages skip to content package names descriptions source package names package contents all options.
It comes with an example program showfont which displays an example string for a given truetype font file. Sdl gfx is an extension to the sdl library which provides basic antialiased drawing routines such as lines, circles or polygons, an interpolating rotozoomer for sdl surfaces, framerate control and mmx image filters. Oct 31, 2018 sdl is usually available for download on numerous linux kernelbased operating systems, through their official software repositories. This is a sample library which allows you to use truetype fonts in your sdl applications. Lowlevel c components are wrapped in rust code to make them more idiomatic and abstract away inappropriate manual memory management.
You should be able to use any of the listed mirrors by adding a line to your etcaptsources. Hi, i greatly appriciate this mailing list and hope i can contribute with help in the future. The source code to this release has been signed by sam lantinga. If you are running ubuntu, it is strongly suggested to use a package manager like aptitude or synaptic to download and install packages, instead of doing so manually via this website. You can search the aptget available packages using the command. Lazy foo productions setting up sdl extension libraries on. You can also download this library from the libraries section of this website, under sdl. Compile sdl2 from source midwanamiberry wiki github.
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