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How do I install SDL on ubuntu?
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What you need to do to install SDL is:

#install sdl2
sudo apt install libsdl2-dev libsdl2-2.0-0 -y;

#install sdl image
sudo apt install libjpeg9-dev libwebp-dev libtiff5-dev libsdl2-image-dev libsdl2-image-2.0-0 -y;

#install sdl mixer
sudo apt install libmikmod-dev libfishsound1-dev libsmpeg-dev liboggz2-dev libflac-dev libfluidsynth-dev libsdl2-mixer-dev libsdl2-mixer-2.0-0 -y;

#install sdl true type fonts
sudo apt install libfreetype6-dev libsdl2-ttf-dev libsdl2-ttf-2.0-0 -y;

use

`sdl2-config --cflags --libs` -lSDL2 -lSDL2_mixer -lSDL2_image -lSDL2_ttf

to link them, for example:

g++ myProgram.cpp -o myProgram `sdl2-config --cflags --libs` -lSDL2 -lSDL2_mixer -lSDL2_image -lSDL2_ttf
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