How To Install SDL2 on Fedora 34

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

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install SDL2 on Fedora 34.

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 2.0.14 3.fc34 x86_64 553 k SDL2-2.0.14-3.fc34.src.rpm fedora 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 Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install SDL2.

Install SDL2 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 SDL2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install SDL2

Install SDL2 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 SDL2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install SDL2

How To Uninstall SDL2 on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove SDL2

SDL2 Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f/3d2014f25bce1d304c4d2263440622bab53470
/usr/lib64/libSDL2-2.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libSDL2-2.0.so.0.14.0
/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/a5
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5/72f652a33a2145352650f8209ec8958876c2a0
/usr/lib/libSDL2-2.0.so.0
/usr/lib/libSDL2-2.0.so.0.14.0
/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

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install SDL2 on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.