Pre-built version of SDL_mixer out of date - RPM help please!

SDL Development
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Hi Guys,

I’m trying to make sure that AlteredSaver is easy to install now that it
uses SDL…

I put the binary versions (and source) up on AlteredWorlds.com, but
didn’t check that the binaries actually worked (tired, stupid, overly
optimistic). Now I find that the most recent binary version of SDL_mixer
posted at:

http://www.devolution.com/~slouken/SDL/projects/SDL_mixer/

is version ‘SDL_mixer-1.0.5-1.i386.rpm’

HOWEVER - the source code is v 1.0.6

If I install the RPM for SDL from libsdl.org ‘SDL-1.1.4-1.i386.rpm’ then
smpeg-0.4.0, then the SDL mixer package WILL NOT INSTALL.
The following error message results -
“error: failed dependencies:
libsmpeg-0.3.so.0 is needed by SDL_mixer-1.0.5-1”

How can I build the correct RPM?

Can anyone help me out of this customer installation nightmare?

aside / no flames please!: the LGPL really seems to make life very
difficult for programmers trying to earn a living from their hours
(years) of labour… (ie no static linking - ARGHH!). Should politics
really dictate programming practice? I guess I have a choice not to use
anything covered by it… Such a shame, IMHO - but I’m still learning
about this stuff…

Tom Gilbert
Owner, Lead (read ‘only’)Engineer, AlteredWorlds
http://www.AlteredWorlds.com

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Tom Gilbert wrote:

Now I find that the most recent binary version of
SDL_mixer is version ‘SDL_mixer-1.0.5-1.i386.rpm’

HOWEVER - the source code is v 1.0.6

When in doubt, look in the bin directory. Sometimes what you are looking for
is in there even if the webpage hasn’t been updated.

http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_mixer/bin/SDL_mixer-1.0.6-1.i386.rpm

  • Randi

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Thank you , kind sir…

Looks like one can also build it from the SDL_mixer source tree via:

in SDL_mixer-1.0.6 directory,

rpm -bb SDL_mixer.specOn my system, the rpm gets put in: /usr/src/rpms/RPMS/i386 Cool stuff. thanks, Tom Gilbert http://www.AlteredWorlds.com “Randi J. Relander” wrote:

Tom Gilbert wrote:

Now I find that the most recent binary version of
SDL_mixer is version ‘SDL_mixer-1.0.5-1.i386.rpm’

HOWEVER - the source code is v 1.0.6

When in doubt, look in the bin directory. Sometimes what you are looking for
is in there even if the webpage hasn’t been updated.

http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_mixer/bin/SDL_mixer-1.0.6-1.i386.rpm

  • Randi

Regimental Command
Generic Armored Combat System
http://regcom.sourceforge.net