Frequently Asked Questions - BeOS
Last updated:
Mon Jun 5
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Q:
Does it work?
A:
Yes. SDL is fully supported using gcc on BeOS Intel, version 4.5 and 5.0
Metrowerks on BeOS PPC may work, but I cannot test that configuration.
Q:
Why doesn't configure find SDL?
A:
If configure can't find SDL with the following message:
checking for SDL - version >= 1.0.0... no
*** Could not run SDL test program, checking why...
*** The test program compiled, but did not run. This usually means
*** that the run-time linker is not finding SDL or finding the wrong
*** version of SDL.
The SDL library is installed, but the test program that configure
generates to detect SDL doesn't run.
See the next question.
Q:
Why doesn't my program run?
A:
The default path for system libraries on BeOS doesn't include the GNU
library directory. You can either copy libSDL.so from
/boot/develop/tools/gnupro/lib/libSDL.so to
/boot/home/config/lib/, or you can apply the
following patch to your system boot environment and reboot:
(cd /; patch -p1 </boot/home/beos-sdl.diff)
Here is the patch: beos-sdl.diff
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