SDL_config

[Aldis A Tuck]

No Prob,
I did not take it personal  :)
I'm just frustrated because I have looked toward sites to fix the problem im 
having.  I went to http://libsdl.org  and in the FAQ's under linux it told me 
what to do to fix my issue but what it told me to do is somthing that i dont 
know how to do. I added a line to my /etc/ld.so.conf like the faq told 
me(/usr/local/lib) then it told me to run /sbin/ldconfig.
it wont run, at least not the way i tried to run it :(
Then it says make sure /usr/local/bin is in your execution path:
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin/
Im lost, am I right in saying that SDL for linux is like DIRECTX for windows?
Arn't there other programs for linux that perform the same types of tasks and 
why inst thier just one standard for these types of media? I'm probably 
confused again.

On Saturday 17 November 2001 12:24 pm, you wrote:
> Don't take replies (like the one you got) personally; what he told you
> was just good advice...
> As for Linus's motivation in hacking Minix into Linux, he did it to
> prove it could be done as much as
> for any other reason; because he ws a hacker...
> That rpmfind site he gave you is the place to find your missing library;
> the command "apropos path | more" (without the quotation marks) will
> probably prove helpful, too. (Look toward the end of the copious
> information it yields.) Other than that, approach it like Linus did: it
> can be done;I can do it;
> IF I just take my time and figure it out as I go...
>
> Aldis A Tuck wrote:
> >I'm in quit a hole, I have been reading books on linux since i started
> > using it and have learned a lot but there are things i run into that
> > stump me and reading doesnt give me the visual that i need but sometimes
> > hearing it from someones owns words helps me understand.  I have many
> > 800+ page books that amount to a pile of crap to me, in most part because
> > I dont understand what I'm reading, I joined this mailing list to get
> > help (refrences and answers) from those who wish to help,because they
> > where new once  too.  I started using linux because it serves a cause
> > greater than it's self, someone(Linus) and many others gave selflessly to
> > a cause that they felt strongly to. I do apprecaite all help that is
> > given to me.  I would Gladly pay for the benifit of learning from someone
> > esles experiences for the promise, that I will not make the same ones.
> >
> >Thank You.
> >Aldis A Tuck
> >
> >On Friday 16 November 2001 11:21 pm, you wrote:
> >>You need to do research at two sites before you ask questions like these
> >>from now on:
> >>
> >>http://freshmeat.net
> >>
> >>http://rpmfind.net
> >>
> >>You will learn more if you do it this way.  I promise!
> >>
> >>On Fri, 16 Nov 2001, dlegion wrote:
> >>>I tried to install a game and got this when I tried to configure it.
> >>>The sdl-config script installed be SDL could not be found
> >>>If SDL was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in
> >>>your path, or set the SDL_CONFIG enviroment variable to the
> >>>full path to sdl_config.
> >>>configure: error: lib SDL is needed
> >>>
> >>>I'm using mandrake 8.1, did it not come with this SDL, im new so I dont
> >>>even know what SDL is nor do I understand what that error told me to do.
> >>>I need help please please please please please please please.
> >>>
> >>>Thank You.
> >>>Aldis A Tuck
> >>>
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