How To Install SDL on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install SDL on Rocky Linux 8. SDL is A cross-platform multimedia library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install SDL on Rocky Linux 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.

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

Install SDL on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install SDL using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install SDL

Install SDL on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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 Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove SDL

SDL Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/50
/usr/lib/.build-id/50/f06f6e157bafd593843844aa0767b18456b6e2
/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/61
/usr/lib/.build-id/61/3f5c0206226535a911d2c9c2a03698f55f97ed
/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 Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.