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Trouble Setting Up SDL in Sublime Text 2

#1

Hi everyone!

So I have a new problem. I trying, once again, to set up SDL for c++ in sublime text 2. I’m following the tutorial for set up from his website.
http://lazyfoo.net/SDL_tutorials/lesson01/windows/mingw/index.php
which means that I’m trying to use SDL 1.2.

I have followed the steps exactly, and am trying to run this sample program that the site provides:

#include "SDL/SDL.h"
int main( int argc, char* args[] )
{
    //Start SDL
    SDL_Init( SDL_INIT_EVERYTHING );
    
    //Quit SDL
    SDL_Quit();
    
    return 0;    
}

However, I am not sure how to make the build file. I have tried appending

-lmingw32 -lSDLmain -lSDL

to my build file so it looks like this, (the original build file can be found at the bottom):

{ 
	"cmd": ["g++", "$file", "-o", "$file_base_name","-lmingw32", "-lSDLmain", "-lSDL"], 
	"selector": "source.c++", 
	"working_dir": "$file_path", 

	"variants": 
	[ 
		{ 
			"name": "Run", 
			"cmd": ["g++", "$file", "-o", "$file_base_name", "&&", "$file_path/$file_base_name","-lmingw32", "-lSDLmain", "-lSDL"], 
			"shell": true 
		} 
	]
}

But it returns the following error, which is the same error that I get if I don’t try to modify my build file:

C:\Users\KEVINZ~1\AppData\Local\Temp\ccasICAw.o:Graphics.cpp:(.text+0xe): undefined reference to `SDL_Init'
C:\Users\KEVINZ~1\AppData\Local\Temp\ccasICAw.o:Graphics.cpp:(.text+0x13): undefined reference to `SDL_Quit'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.8.1/../../../libmingw32.a(main.o):(.text.startup+0xa7): undefined reference to `WinMain@16'
collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status
[Finished in 0.9s with exit code 1]

Can anyone help me with this problem? Again, I do not have very much experience with computers, so please try to painstakingly spell out any steps that I need to do.

Thank you so much for your time!

(And just in case, here is my unmodified, non-SDL build file that I had originally)

{ 
	"cmd": ["g++", "$file", "-o", "$file_base_name"], 
	"selector": "source.c++", 
	"working_dir": "$file_path", 

	"variants": 
	[ 
		{ 
			"name": "Run", 
			"cmd": ["g++", "$file", "-o", "$file_base_name", "&&", "$file_path/$file_base_name"], 
			"shell": true 
		} 
	]
}
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#2

is propably because the linker cant find the libs you are providing the information to use

something like -L/SDL/lib is needed in your config to tell where they are located

opinion: you better use makefiles or cmake for that also consider SDL2 http://lazyfoo.net/tutorials/SDL/01_hello_SDL/windows/mingw/index.php

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#3

Also, the flags you added in the “Run” variant should be passed to the g++ command and thus come before &&.

Other than that, I suggest you to use a makefile as well and not try to fit everything into the ST build file. ST has a build system for make already.

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