How To Install SDL-static.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install SDL-static.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. SDL-static.x86_64 is Files needed to develop static Simple DirectMedia Layer

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install SDL-static.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is SDL-static.x86_64

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 static libraries needed for developing static SDL applications.

We can use yum to install SDL-static.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install SDL-static.x86_64.

Install SDL-static.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install SDL-static.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install SDL-static.x86_64

How To Uninstall SDL-static.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the SDL-static.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove SDL-static.x86_64

SDL-static.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libSDL.a
/usr/lib64/libSDLmain.a

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install SDL-static.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.