SDL-1.2.12 and configure

SDL Development
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Hi all,

I’m only a beginner with SDL, mingw etc, but here goes…

Background:
I’ve downloaded mingw, and msys 1.0.10 and set both up on winxp successfully.
I’ve also downloaded SDL-devel-1.2.12-mingw32.tar.gz and extracted the directory.
I’ve been able to successfully make use of the prebuilt sdl.dll that comes in
the download in some small trial programs.

Now I want to use SDL_ttf, and for this it seems my life will go a lot smoother
if I properly install SDL-1.2.12 as per the instructions on the net that say run
’./configure’ then ‘make’ then ‘make install’ inside the msys shell.

Problem:
The SDL-1.2.12 download I got has no configure file for SDL.
I’m not sure if I am not doing something right here?

I have noticed that the makefile already exists and provides two options
however,
Either ‘native’ or ‘cross’ which seem to want locations that do not exist.

I am not sure how I should proceed from here to get the most reliable end
result?
(basically so that my life is hassle free when I go to get SDL_ttf configured
and compiled)

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated
Alternator

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Alternator <alternativemass gmail.com> writes:

Problem:
The SDL-1.2.12 download I got has no configure file for SDL.
I’m not sure if I am not doing something right here?

I am not sure how I should proceed from here to get the most reliable end
result?

I’ve done some more investigation on this and I see the mistake I made.

I needed to download the source code version of SDL and not the
SDL-devel-1.2.12-mingw32.tar.gz to get the configure.

For anyone else that might encounter a similar issue, I also found a website
which steps through how to manually install SDL
http://www.netadelica.com/coding/sdl/install.html

Cheers
Alternator