Re: Set-up SDL on Mac OSX without Xcode

I think you're over-thinking this.

This is the right way to go:
  gcc -o myprogram myprogram.c `sdl2-config --cflags --libs`

It adds -framework Cocoa because that's an SDL dependency, not because you
need to write Cocoa code in your application.

You don't need macports, you don't need homebrew. I do all my Mac
development using the command line development tools included with Xcode
and downloading a few extras like automake and Mercurial.


On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 9:18 AM, Karl <[email protected]> wrote:

> Right, I understand. Xcode and the developer tools are installed, but I am
> not sure how to install SDL for use with a different environment. Based on
> the various discussions of Stackoverflow and the information I have, I
> don't quite understand what the procedure is.
>
> I know that the binaries are here:
>
> https://www.libsdl.org/download-2.0.php
>
> The basic instructions are here:
>
> https://wiki.libsdl.org/Installation#Mac_OS_X
>
> ... which I don't quite understand.
>
> Compiling on Linux would require the following instruction:
>
>
>
>
> Code:
>
>     gcc -o myprogram myprogram.c `sdl2-config --cflags --libs`
>
>
>
> But that is unlikely to work immediately on mac.
>
> This command from my post above seems to use the mac-specific cocoa, which
> is not desirable assuming this will keep the application mac-only:
>
>
>
>
> Code:
>
> g++ Main.cpp -o main -I/Library/Frameworks/SDL2.framework/Headers
> -framework SDL2 -framework Cocoa
>
>
>
> In short I am a little confused by the many ways to install the library
> and am not sure what I need to do so I can start using the library outside
> of the IDE provided with Xcode.
>
> Would you (or someone) who might know more about installation on Mac OSX
> please clarify the instructions? Thanks again.
>
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