#212 MacOS Install
Installing the Simple DirectMedia Layer library on MacOS, and running a basic verification program in C++.
Notes
SDL is written in C, works natively with C++, and there are bindings available for several other languages, including C# and Python.
Installation with brew
There’s a brew formula for SDL, so perhaps the easiest way to get going …
$ brew install sdl2
$ brew info sdl2
sdl2: stable 2.0.14, HEAD
Low-level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, and graphics
https://www.libsdl.org/
/usr/local/Cellar/sdl2/2.0.12_1 (89 files, 4.7MB) *
Poured from bottle on 2020-10-12 at 14:03:05
From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/HEAD/Formula/sdl2.rb
License: Zlib
==> Options
--HEAD
Install HEAD version
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install: 70,184 (30 days), 249,763 (90 days), 961,050 (365 days)
install-on-request: 6,615 (30 days), 23,753 (90 days), 96,341 (365 days)
build-error: 0 (30 days)
Running the Example
See example.cpp for details. It links with the SDL library and uses a few informational APIs to get basic verification things are working.
A makefile compiles and runs the examples:
$ make
c++ -std=c++17 -Wall -O3 `sdl2-config --cflags --libs` example.cpp -o example
./example;
## SDL LIBRARY INFO
SDL compiled version 2.0.12
SDL linked version 2.0.12
## RENDER DRIVERS
Renderer Name Flags max_texture_width max_texture_height
0 metal e 0 0
1 opengl e 0 0
2 opengles2 e 0 0
3 software 9 0 0