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SDL-Platform - Platform Specific Informations about SDL Perl
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DESCRIPTION
This document describes OS specific informations regading the
installation and use of SDL.
General (all OS)
You need to install Alien::SDL to acquire all prerequisites of SDL.
On Windows, Alien::SDL will get you zip-files containing prebuilt libs.
On Unixes you can choose between compiling libs or use libs provided by
the dist. The different options on Unixes are availale when
requirements are met. Like having specific libs installed.
There is some additional documentation in the Github-Wiki
<https://github.com/PerlGameDev/SDL/wiki/Testing>. You definitively
want to look there, if you want to know how to install SDL from the
latest sources (e.g. in an unfinished, unreleased state).
Windows
Installation
We recommend Strawberry Perl. You can get it here
<http://strawberryperl.com/>.
Once you installed Strawberry Perl, you can access the cpan shell via
the start menu.
Open up the cpan shell and type "install Alien::SDL SDL". Please follow
the dialog and answer the questions to the best of your knowledge.
Mac OS X
Installation
You will need a newer version of Perl that you can install with
App::perlbrew.
Once you have a newer Perl installed please use "cpan" to install
Alien::SDL (and of course SDL).
Using SDL on Mac OS X
You can't use the "perl" executable to run SDL scripts on Mac OS X, you
need to use "SDLPerl". When you install SDL, a program named "SDLPerl"
is installed. It should be in your path.
Using Mac OS X, your SDL Perl script have to look like this:
#!SDLPerl
use strict;
use warnings;
use SDL;
# your code here ...
Using the wrong Perl executable, you might encounter a lot of error
messages resulting in "terminate called after throwing an instance of
'NSException'". cf. the corresponding github issue
<https://github.com/PerlGameDev/SDL/issues/208>.
SEE ALSO
· Alien::SDL
· SDL
AUTHORS
See list of module authors in SDL.
If you would like to contribute to SDL Perl, please post a message on
the mailing list:
sdl-devel@perl.org
And request access to the github repository. Or drop us a line on #sdl
over at irc.perl.org
COPYRIGHT & LICENSE
Copyright 2002-2010 SDL Authors as listed above, all rights reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
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