How To Install SDL on Fedora 34

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

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install SDL on Fedora 34.

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 46.fc34 x86_64 201 k SDL-1.2.15-46.fc34.src.rpm fedora A cross-platform multimedia library https 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 Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install SDL.

Install SDL on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 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 Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 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 Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove SDL

SDL Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/27
/usr/lib/.build-id/27/2517f3615a706b61597927e4344605bd2e237b
/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/63
/usr/lib/.build-id/63/b8c99f465dfe0b4ccca5bff52d12a079d291d1
/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 Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.