SDL_ttf and Redhat 8.0

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1

Are there SDL_ttf packages available for Redhat 8.0 yet? I tried using
the ones at: http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_ttf but they didn’t
work (/usr/bin/showfont conflicted with kbd). I would like to avoid
installing from source, because I want to avoid having a mixture of
libraries installed from source/rpms.

2

You could always try grabbing the .src.rpm and rebuilding it to a binary
.rpm and then installing that.

http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_ttf/release/SDL_ttf-2.0.5-1.src.rpm

You can do that under RedHat 8.0 by logging in as root, and then doing:

rpmbuild --rebuild SDL_ttf-2.0.5-1.src.rpm

And then after it’s done (if it successfully completed), you can install
the binary RPM package by doing:

rpm -i /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/SDL_ttf-2.0.5-1.rpmOn Wed, 2002-10-16 at 19:37, Wesley (Buck) Lemke wrote:

Are there SDL_ttf packages available for Redhat 8.0 yet? I tried using
the ones at: http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_ttf but they didn’t
work (/usr/bin/showfont conflicted with kbd). I would like to avoid
installing from source, because I want to avoid having a mixture of
libraries installed from source/rpms.

3

I finally got around to trying this and it didn’t work. I still get the
confilct with /usr/bin/showfont. Any other suggestions?On Thu, 2002-10-17 at 10:23, DrEvil wrote:

On Wed, 2002-10-16 at 19:37, Wesley (Buck) Lemke wrote:

Are there SDL_ttf packages available for Redhat 8.0 yet? I tried using
the ones at: http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_ttf but they didn’t
work (/usr/bin/showfont conflicted with kbd). I would like to avoid
installing from source, because I want to avoid having a mixture of
libraries installed from source/rpms.

You could always try grabbing the .src.rpm and rebuilding it to a binary
.rpm and then installing that.

http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_ttf/release/SDL_ttf-2.0.5-1.src.rpm

You can do that under RedHat 8.0 by logging in as root, and then doing:

rpmbuild --rebuild SDL_ttf-2.0.5-1.src.rpm

And then after it’s done (if it successfully completed), you can install
the binary RPM package by doing:

rpm -i /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/SDL_ttf-2.0.5-1.rpm

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4

You could do it the painful way:
Open up the source rpm, edit the specfile to not install showfont, build the
rpm, and install it. Kinda hacky, but it would work.–
Max Watson <@Max_Watson>

On Monday 21 October 2002 23:47, Wesley (Buck) Lemke wrote:

I finally got around to trying this and it didn’t work. I still get the
confilct with /usr/bin/showfont. Any other suggestions?

On Thu, 2002-10-17 at 10:23, DrEvil wrote:

On Wed, 2002-10-16 at 19:37, Wesley (Buck) Lemke wrote:

Are there SDL_ttf packages available for Redhat 8.0 yet? I tried using
the ones at: http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_ttf but they didn’t
work (/usr/bin/showfont conflicted with kbd). I would like to avoid
installing from source, because I want to avoid having a mixture of
libraries installed from source/rpms.

You could always try grabbing the .src.rpm and rebuilding it to a binary
.rpm and then installing that.

5

When you do the install do:

rpm --force -i package.rpmOn Mon, 2002-10-21 at 22:47, Wesley (Buck) Lemke wrote:

I finally got around to trying this and it didn’t work. I still get the
confilct with /usr/bin/showfont. Any other suggestions?

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THere is an other way to fix this too. I have RH 8.0 and installed the
rpm, then took the SDL_ttf tared package, and compiled the showfont.c
file within. …if that now is the same program?

/Patrich
tis 2002-10-22 klockan 06.50 skrev Max Watson:>

You could do it the painful way:
Open up the source rpm, edit the specfile to not install showfont, build the
rpm, and install it. Kinda hacky, but it would work.

–
Max Watson

On Monday 21 October 2002 23:47, Wesley (Buck) Lemke wrote:

I finally got around to trying this and it didn’t work. I still get the
confilct with /usr/bin/showfont. Any other suggestions?

On Thu, 2002-10-17 at 10:23, DrEvil wrote:

On Wed, 2002-10-16 at 19:37, Wesley (Buck) Lemke wrote:

Are there SDL_ttf packages available for Redhat 8.0 yet? I tried using
the ones at: http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_ttf but they didn’t
work (/usr/bin/showfont conflicted with kbd). I would like to avoid
installing from source, because I want to avoid having a mixture of
libraries installed from source/rpms.

You could always try grabbing the .src.rpm and rebuilding it to a binary
.rpm and then installing that.

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My last post was a little non-logical. Sorry, my bad…
You’re right here. This made it for me. But I did a backup of showfont,
and put it back after the install. Just in case… :slight_smile:
/Patrich
tis 2002-10-22 klockan 16.30 skrev DrEvil:> On Mon, 2002-10-21 at 22:47, Wesley (Buck) Lemke wrote:

I finally got around to trying this and it didn’t work. I still get the
confilct with /usr/bin/showfont. Any other suggestions?

When you do the install do:

rpm --force -i package.rpm

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This would work also, I did it the hard way, change the spec file to
install to /usr/bin/showfont.ttf and then also changed the make files to
compile showfont.c to showfont.ttf. This seemed to work.On Tue, 2002-10-22 at 14:18, Patrich Bj?rklund wrote:

My last post was a little non-logical. Sorry, my bad…
You’re right here. This made it for me. But I did a backup of showfont,
and put it back after the install. Just in case… :slight_smile:
/Patrich
tis 2002-10-22 klockan 16.30 skrev DrEvil:

On Mon, 2002-10-21 at 22:47, Wesley (Buck) Lemke wrote:

I finally got around to trying this and it didn’t work. I still get the
confilct with /usr/bin/showfont. Any other suggestions?

When you do the install do:

rpm --force -i package.rpm

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