Re: [Mingw-users] problem installing SDL library in MinGW w/ MSYS

[Luke D. <cod...@ho...>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "feywulf" <fey...@ya...>
To: <min...@li...>
Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 5:59 AM
Subject: [Mingw-users] problem installing SDL library in MinGW w/ MSYS


> hi,
>
> I'm new to the list, and i've got a problem.  I've installed MinGW to
C:\MinGW and MSYS
> to C:\msys.  I extracted the SDL source to C:\files\SDL-1.2.6, and added
C:\files as a
> mount point in MSYS.

Just for the record, it shouldn't matter whether you create extra mount
points or not.

>  In MSYS i had some trouble getting SDL to compile, but i finally
> got it compilled with this command "./configure && make && make install".
The location
> that SDL got put at is C:\msys\1.0\local.  The subdirectories bin,
include, lib, man,
> and share are there.  MinGW doesn't see them.
>
> When i run "$ gcc -lSDL" in the MSYS shell or the windows XP command
prompt i get this
> output
"c:\MinGW\bin\..\lib\gcc-lib\mingw32\3.2\..\..\..\..\mingw32\bin\ld.exe:
cannot
> find -lSDL".  If i put the headers from C:\msys\1.0\local in
C:\MinGW\include then
> MinGW sees them, but where do i need to put the *.a files in order for
MinGW to see
> them?
>
> -feywulf

Either do "configure --prefix=/mingw" so that the headers are installed in
c:\mingw\include and the libraries in c:\mingw\lib, or leave them in
/usr/local and tell the compiler where they are with "-I/usr/local/include"
and "-L/usr/local/lib".

Luke