Problems with SDL dynamic libs and Redhat 7.2?

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Hi, I’m having problems with getting the SDL dynamic libs to run.

My configuration is Redhat 7.2 w/ 2.4.18 kernel. I rpm -e’d the default
SDL config, since I wanted to use the latest 1.2.3 version of SDL.

to install, I just did a ./configure; make; make install. I recall that
worked fine on my FreeBSD system.

On my Redhat system, though, when I try to run my app, I get an “unable
to load shared library libSDL-1.2.so” message.

I can run if I explicitly add /usr/local/lib to LD_LIBRARY_PATH… but
it sucks having to do that every time.

Also, I tried adding /usr/local/lib to /etc/ld.so.conf, to no avail.

Anybody run into/solved this problem? I know Redhat likes to do think
in a non-unix fashion, putting config files in strange places and all
that, but… help? :wink:

  • Eron
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Also, I tried adding /usr/local/lib to /etc/ld.so.conf, to no avail.

Did you run “ldconfig” after putting the path in your ld.so.conf?

Alternately, configure SDL with the --prefix switch.

./configure --prefix=/usr [other options here]

Then SDL will install in /usr/bin, /usr/lib, etc.

–ryan.

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Awesome, that did it. Thanks! Now I can get on with debugging my app.
:wink:

  • EronOn Fri, 2002-03-29 at 00:23, Ryan C. Gordon wrote:

Also, I tried adding /usr/local/lib to /etc/ld.so.conf, to no avail.

Did you run “ldconfig” after putting the path in your ld.so.conf?

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/etc/ld.so.conf should have an entry for where SDL is installed.

as root:
run ldconfig.

I am 99% certain this is in some readme file somewhere.On Friday, March 29, 2002, at 01:53 AM, Eron Hennessey wrote:

Hi, I’m having problems with getting the SDL dynamic libs to run.

My configuration is Redhat 7.2 w/ 2.4.18 kernel. I rpm -e’d the default
SDL config, since I wanted to use the latest 1.2.3 version of SDL.

to install, I just did a ./configure; make; make install. I recall that
worked fine on my FreeBSD system.

On my Redhat system, though, when I try to run my app, I get an “unable
to load shared library libSDL-1.2.so” message.

I can run if I explicitly add /usr/local/lib to LD_LIBRARY_PATH… but
it sucks having to do that every time.

Also, I tried adding /usr/local/lib to /etc/ld.so.conf, to no avail.

Anybody run into/solved this problem? I know Redhat likes to do think
in a non-unix fashion, putting config files in strange places and all
that, but… help? :wink:

  • Eron

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