How To Install SDL2 on CentOS 8

SDL2 is Cross-platform multimedia library Cross-platform multimedia library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install SDL2 on CentOS 8.

What is SDL2

Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) is a cross-platform multimedia library designed to provide fast access to the graphics frame buffer and audio device. SDL2 2.0.10 2.el8 x86_64 465 k SDL2-2.0.10-2.el8.src.rpm powertools Cross-platform multimedia library http zlib and MIT 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 SDL2 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install SDL2.

Install SDL2 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 SDL2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install SDL2

Install SDL2 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 SDL2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install SDL2

How To Uninstall SDL2 on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the SDL2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove SDL2

SDL2 Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b/ba477fb8dd97ee42253d084dfa0e4c6a591642
/usr/lib64/libSDL2-2.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libSDL2-2.0.so.0.10.0
/usr/share/doc/SDL2
/usr/share/doc/SDL2/BUGS.txt
/usr/share/doc/SDL2/CREDITS.txt
/usr/share/doc/SDL2/README-SDL.txt
/usr/share/licenses/SDL2
/usr/share/licenses/SDL2/COPYING.txt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/33
/usr/lib/.build-id/33/fd1de3046e6f2308e52edba63f1ca7f96d254f
/usr/lib/libSDL2-2.0.so.0
/usr/lib/libSDL2-2.0.so.0.10.0
/usr/share/doc/SDL2
/usr/share/doc/SDL2/BUGS.txt
/usr/share/doc/SDL2/CREDITS.txt
/usr/share/doc/SDL2/README-SDL.txt
/usr/share/licenses/SDL2
/usr/share/licenses/SDL2/COPYING.txt

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install SDL2 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.