Apt-get :: sdl1.2 development libraries installing issue.



Is there anywhere sdl-dev, sdl_image-dev and sdl_mixer-dev sources available?
I could just compile those by myself...
If I only had read how to make MyDSL extensions... ;)

BTW. I checked with Synaptic why those dev libs couldn't be installed and the reason was (with sdl_image and sdl_mixer) that those libs conflict with versions 1.0 and 1.1 of the SAME libraries. Ok. I then I tried to remove those with apt-get and it said that there were no such libs. :p

dev and runtime are both found in the same source package.
http://www.libsdl.org/download-1.2.php
http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_image/
http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_mixer/

I solved this problem by using Xubuntu Live CD and compiled Daimonin on it.

Then booted back to DSL, installed libsdl from MyDSL, installed libsdl_image and libsdl_mixer with apt-get.

I've been away - good you solved this.

You said there was no such option as --force-all

For the record I was referring to dpkg.  Apt-get is harder to get around if it doesn't want to install something.

See man dpkg

Code Sample

--force-things | --no-force-things | --refuse-things

   Force or refuse (no-force and refuse mean the same thing) to do some things. things is a comma separated list of things specified below. --force-help displays a message describing them. Things marked with (*) are forced by default.
<snip>
   all: Turns on(or off) all force options.


original here.