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Installing SDL on Raspberry Pi

Install the SDL1.2 library

  • Before any further installation, it is best to ensure everything is up-to-date by issuing: sudo apt-get update
  • Now let's install the SDL1.2 package
sudo apt-get install libsdl1.2-dev
sudo apt-get install libsdl-image1.2-dev
sudo apt-get install libsdl-ttf2.0-dev

Clone the GUIslice library

  • The GUIslice library includes some example tests for SDL operation that will be helpful to ensure your installation is configured correctly. Therefore, it would be useful to fetch a copy of the GUIslice library at this step.
  • To keep things organized, optionally create a subfolder (eg. cd ~; mkdir dev; cd dev)
  • git clone https://github.com/ImpulseAdventure/GUIslice

Run SDL1.2 Test

  • Now let's test out the GUIslice SDL examples
cd GUIslice/examples/linux
make test_sdl1
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  • Run the example with sudo ./test_sdl1
    • If SDL1.2 has been installed and configured correctly, you should see the PiTFT display show a colorful gradient

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