How To Install SDL2-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install SDL2-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.
What is SDL2-devel.x86_64
Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) is a cross-platform multimedia library designed to provide fast access to the graphics frame buffer and audio device. This package provides the libraries, include files, and other resources needed for developing SDL applications.
We can use yum to install SDL2-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install SDL2-devel.x86_64.
Install SDL2-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install SDL2-devel.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install SDL2-devel.x86_64
How To Uninstall SDL2-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2
To uninstall only the SDL2-devel.x86_64 package we can use the following command:
sudo yum remove SDL2-devel.x86_64
SDL2-devel.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2
/usr/bin/sdl2-config
/usr/include/SDL2
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_assert.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_atomic.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_audio.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_bits.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_blendmode.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_clipboard.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_config-x86_64.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_config.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_cpuinfo.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_egl.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_endian.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_error.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_events.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_filesystem.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_gamecontroller.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_gesture.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_haptic.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_hints.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_joystick.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_keyboard.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_keycode.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_loadso.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_log.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_main.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_messagebox.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_mouse.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_mutex.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_name.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_opengl.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_opengl_glext.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_opengles.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_opengles2.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_opengles2_gl2.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_opengles2_gl2ext.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_opengles2_gl2platform.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_opengles2_khrplatform.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_pixels.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_platform.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_power.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_quit.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_rect.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_render.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_revision.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_rwops.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_scancode.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_sensor.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_shape.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_stdinc.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_surface.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_system.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_syswm.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_test.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_test_assert.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_test_common.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_test_compare.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_test_crc32.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_test_font.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_test_fuzzer.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_test_harness.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_test_images.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_test_log.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_test_md5.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_test_memory.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_test_random.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_thread.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_timer.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_touch.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_types.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_version.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_video.h
/usr/include/SDL2/SDL_vulkan.h
/usr/include/SDL2/begin_code.h
/usr/include/SDL2/close_code.h
/usr/lib64/cmake/SDL2
/usr/lib64/cmake/SDL2/sdl2-config.cmake
/usr/lib64/libSDL2.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/sdl2.pc
/usr/share/aclocal/sdl2.m4
/usr/share/doc/SDL2-devel-2.0.10
/usr/share/doc/SDL2-devel-2.0.10/README.txt
/usr/share/doc/SDL2-devel-2.0.10/TODO.txt
/usr/share/doc/SDL2-devel-2.0.10/WhatsNew.txt
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install SDL2-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.