Configuration issue by a newbie

Hello,

I am using libSDL under Windows XP under cygwin. I got the source
compiled with no problems, but when I tried to compile ParaGUI on top of the
libSDL I get the following error.

pgfilearchive.cpp:36:23: SDL_image.h: No such file or directory

Now I know this is a ParaGUI compile problem, but I am concerned that I have
not configured libSDL correctly, so I am starting here first. I looked for
the header file in question, and sure enough it didn’t exist.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Chris

Christopher D. Jones wrote:

Hello,

I am using libSDL under Windows XP under cygwin. I got the source
compiled with no problems, but when I tried to compile ParaGUI on top
of the libSDL I get the following error.

pgfilearchive.cpp:36:23: SDL_image.h: No such file or directory

Now I know this is a ParaGUI compile problem, but I am concerned that
I have not configured libSDL correctly, so I am starting here first.
I looked for the header file in question, and sure enough it didn’t
exist.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Chris
Chris,

SDL is a ‘modular’ library system – there are several other components
available that do specialized things that are not necessary for all
games. libSDL itself is a sort of core minimum.

SDL_image is one of these other components, which loads tons of
different file formats (libSDL only loads BMPs), and can be found here:
http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_image/
If you run into any other things that might be required to build your
project (or, if you’re developing something yourself, you might look at
this so you don’t re-invent a wheel-like system), you can look for
SDL-based libraries on this page:
http://www.libsdl.org/libraries.php

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