Add SDL to my path

Question

I install SDL via brew on my mac but I can't include it! Here is my too easy code:

#include <SDL.h>
int main(){
    return 0;
}

when I compile it with cc, CC could not find SDL.h I found that brew install SDL in Cellar but cc did not check this folder Could you help me?

Not familiar with mac, but could you try `#include ` ? Works for me on Linux. — olevegard, Aug 25 '13 at 12:41
I want to install package and that package throw this error so I cant edit that! — Aryan, Aug 26 '13 at 06:10

score 8 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 09 '14 at 17:44

I know this post has 9 months old but if someone, somewhere in the internet try to find out how to use SDL with mac, just follow this.

DL .dmg file on the SDL website (V2).

Put SDL2.framework in /Library/Frameworks

In your code :

#include <SDL.h>

and compile with those flags :

`sdl-config --cflags --libs`

Ex :

gcc test.c `sdl-config --cflags --libs`

Use this simple code to see it working :

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <SDL/SDL.h>

int main( int argc, char *argv[ ] )
{
    SDL_Surface *screen;
    if( SDL_Init( SDL_INIT_VIDEO ) == -1 )
    {
        printf( "Can't init SDL:  %s\n", SDL_GetError( ) );
        return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }

    atexit( SDL_Quit ); 
    screen = SDL_SetVideoMode( 640, 480, 16, SDL_HWSURFACE );

    if( screen == NULL )
    {
        printf( "Can't set video mode: %s\n", SDL_GetError( ) );
        return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }   

    SDL_Delay( 3000 );

    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

When I downloaded it and put it into /Library/Frameworks, that worked. but it could not find the sdl-config program. — Joshua Cheek, Oct 24 '14 at 12:28
Neither sdl-config nor sdl2-config is found for me after installing the framework. Where are these commands supposed to be? — Joe Strout, Nov 14 '21 at 17:59

Add SDL to my path

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