Public bug reported: It appears the OGRE_BITES_HAVE_SDL compilation flag is set to zero when this package was compiled.
I think it makes more sense to set it to 1, and make SDL a dependency of libOgre on ubuntu (And, see below, I *think* the maintainer of ogre agrees with me, hopefully I didn't put words in their mouth!): - if you're using OGRE, it seems unlikely that you're running on a headless machine. - if you're not running on a headless machine, I believe SDL2 is usually automatically installed (it was for me). - the OGRE tutorials assume you're running the library with SDL enabled - since it's a compilation flag, it can be non-trivial to track down the issues that result when trying to follow the tutorial - namely, the input listeners silently fail, since they're never called, since SDL isn't present. - It's true that, if I play devil's advocate, you could argue that the Ogre package should expose a header file that you can extend and use SDL with, or have some other method of enabling SDL integration without recompiling the library. However, the overhead of providing an SDL- enabled package seems quite small, and since the reasonable option to enable Input / Output with a program using Ogre without this enabled is to "compile ogre from source" - IOW, don't use the package, well, it seems that enabling this in the package may be the best course of action. A brief discussion on the OGRE forums with the ogre maintainer: https://forums.ogre3d.org/viewtopic.php?p=549964#p549964 My package information (yes, I'm using PopOS, but I believe is an ubuntu package, so... well, hopefully that doesn't turn you folks off to a reasonable solution. I did purchase my System76 computer just recently, so I am putting some money into the ecosystem!) If I should be reporting this to System76 instead, just let me know, but this seemed like the best place to start! root@pop-os:/home/stu# apt search libOgre Sorting... Done Full Text Search... Done libogre-1.12/focal,now 1.12.4+dfsg1-4 amd64 [installed,automatic] 3D Object-Oriented Graphics Rendering Engine (libraries) libogre-1.12-dev/focal,now 1.12.4+dfsg1-4 amd64 [installed] 3D Object-Oriented Graphics Rendering Engine (development files) Thanks! ** Affects: ogre-1.12 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1909835 Title: OGRE_BITES_HAVE_SDL flag set to 0, which disables basic Input / Ouput Functionality To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ogre-1.12/+bug/1909835/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
