How To Install SDL2-devel on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install SDL2-devel
on CentOS 8.
What is SDL2-devel
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. SDL2-devel 2.0.10 2.el8 x86_64 266 k SDL2-2.0.10-2.el8.src.rpm powertools Files needed to develop Simple DirectMedia Layer applications 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. This package provides the libraries, include files, and other resources needed for developing SDL applications.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install SDL2-devel
on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install SDL2-devel.
Install SDL2-devel 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-devel
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install SDL2-devel
Install SDL2-devel 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-devel
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install SDL2-devel
How To Uninstall SDL2-devel on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the SDL2-devel
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove SDL2-devel
SDL2-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8
/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-i386.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/lib/cmake/SDL2
/usr/lib/cmake/SDL2/sdl2-config.cmake
/usr/lib/libSDL2.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/sdl2.pc
/usr/share/aclocal/sdl2.m4
/usr/share/doc/SDL2-devel
/usr/share/doc/SDL2-devel/README.txt
/usr/share/doc/SDL2-devel/TODO.txt
/usr/share/doc/SDL2-devel/WhatsNew.txt
/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
/usr/share/doc/SDL2-devel/README.txt
/usr/share/doc/SDL2-devel/TODO.txt
/usr/share/doc/SDL2-devel/WhatsNew.txt
References
- [SDL2-devel website](http://www.libsdl.org/ http://www.libsdl.org/)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install SDL2-devel
on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.