How To Install SDL on CentOS 8

SDL is A cross-platform multimedia library A cross-platform multimedia library

Introduction

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

What is SDL

Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) is a cross-platform multimedia library designed to provide fast access to the graphics frame buffer and audio device. SDL 1.2.15 39.el8 x86_64 218 k SDL-1.2.15-39.el8.src.rpm appstream A cross-platform multimedia library http LGPLv2+ Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) is a cross-platform multimedia library designed to provide fast access to the graphics frame buffer and audio device.

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

Install SDL 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 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install SDL

Install SDL 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 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install SDL

How To Uninstall SDL on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove SDL

SDL Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/92
/usr/lib/.build-id/92/7cbfddc4e47863aa2e1426faf127eb82196dbc
/usr/lib/libSDL-1.2.so.0
/usr/lib/libSDL-1.2.so.0.11.4
/usr/share/doc/SDL
/usr/share/doc/SDL/BUGS
/usr/share/doc/SDL/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/SDL/README-SDL.txt
/usr/share/licenses/SDL
/usr/share/licenses/SDL/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe/13392fe81abde1f60c074481f6d80c797ae4a5
/usr/lib64/libSDL-1.2.so.0
/usr/lib64/libSDL-1.2.so.0.11.4
/usr/share/doc/SDL
/usr/share/doc/SDL/BUGS
/usr/share/doc/SDL/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/SDL/README-SDL.txt
/usr/share/licenses/SDL
/usr/share/licenses/SDL/COPYING

References

Summary

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