How To Install SDL_gfx on CentOS 8

SDL_gfx is SDL graphics drawing primitives and other support functions

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install SDL_gfx on CentOS 8.

What is `SDL_gfx`

Library providing SDL graphics drawing primitives and other support functions wrapped up in an addon library for the Simple Direct Media (SDL) cross-platform API layer.

We can use yum or dnf to install SDL_gfx on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install SDL_gfx.

Install SDL_gfx on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install SDL_gfx using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install SDL_gfx

Install SDL_gfx on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install SDL_gfx using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install SDL_gfx

How To Uninstall SDL_gfx on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the SDL_gfx package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove SDL_gfx

SDL_gfx Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f/62d6ef0c4992cf634d04fe838629c24fbd1b42
/usr/lib64/libSDL_gfx.so.15
/usr/lib64/libSDL_gfx.so.15.9.1
/usr/share/doc/SDL_gfx
/usr/share/doc/SDL_gfx/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/SDL_gfx/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/SDL_gfx/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/SDL_gfx/README

References

SDL_gfx website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install SDL_gfx on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.