On Wednesday, 19 November 2014 at 09:12:52 UTC, Paul wrote:
I would like to create a simple program using SDL. I've read
this page
http://dblog.aldacron.net/derelict-help/using-derelict/ and
this one http://code.dlang.org/about and decided that using
'dub' would be the sensible option for a beginner so I
downloaded the dub executable and put it in the same directory
as my source file 'test.d'.
As per the example at the above url, I created a dub.json file
in the same directory with contents as so:
"dependencies": {
"derelict-sdl2":"~>1.0.0",
"derelict-gl3":"~master",
}
If I have the relevant import statements in test.d, am I right
in thinking I can use dub to build my program (not just
download and build the derelict libraries)? The command dub
build test.d gives me a 'failed to load package' error.
I'm using 32 bit Linux.
Any help appreciated :D
Paul
Dub will download and build the D packages from code.dlang.org.
However, some D packages require you to download compiled
libraries they link to for your syste. (or build them yourself
from source)
For sdl2 on linux, you need to go to:
https://www.libsdl.org/download-2.0.php and download the source.
Compile those libs using ($ ./configure; make; make install;)
Put them into a place your linker can find (usually /usr/lib/
iirc).
I believe that should work for you!
