Problem with SDL | Can't install/prepare it

[pedalowski]

Hello, I have a problem with compiling my SDL code in Dev-Cpp
I did all the instructions from http://lazyfoo.net/SDL_tutorials/lesson01/windows/devcpp/index.php
The code was:

#include "SDL/SDL.h"

int main( int argc, char* args[] )
{
//Start SDL
SDL_Init( SDL_INIT_EVERYTHING );

//Quit SDL
SDL_Quit();

return 0;
}

And i couldn't compile, it gave me the following error:

SDL/SDL.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.

EDIT: Redownloaded, now that error is gone, but now I'm left with this:
cannot find -lSDLmain
cannot find -lSDL

[Ganado]

I can't follow along myself, but I think there might be confusion between L and I (and uppercase vs lowercase).

-I is for "Include", it's for adding a search directory for header files.
e.g. -IC:\mylib\include
-L is for linking a library directory path.
e.g. -LC:\mylib\lib

Actually specifying the library itself is done with -l (lowercase L)
e.g. -lSDL.dll should link to libSDL.dll.a.

I downloaded that mingw tar file, and it looks like in SDL-1.2.15/lib/, there are 2 important files: libSDL.dll.a, and libSDLmain.a

In Dev-C++, under Directories --> Libraries, I'm guessing here, but it looks like the interface wants you to include the full path to the file.
Try changing this to:

C:\{sdl dir}\lib\libSDL.dll.a
C:\{sdl dir}\lib\libSDLmain.a


Note: One thing the article suggests doing is copying things into system32. Preferably do NOT ever copy things into system32, it will only bite you in the butt later.

[helios]

Read those instructions more carefully. The letter between the dash and the "SDL" is a lower case L, not an upper case i.

-I<some path> tells the compiler "look for includes in this directory, beside the directories you already know about".
-l<some name> tells the linker "link this library into the executable to resolve missing symbols".

[pedalowski]

@Ganado, i can't specify a file in Libraries, only a folder.
@helios no worries, i copied that line straight out of that guy's site.

[Ganado]

I see. In that case, I'm not even sure why Dev-C++ is making the command be -ISDLmain, because it should be -lSDLmain like helios said. I think some configuration is going in the wrong place. Do dev C++ projects have a project file that's in XML or some other human-readable format? Would you be able to open it in in notepad (or notepad++) and copy the contents of your project file here?

(Edit: I see now, at the bottom of the page it shows the linker options to put in directly).

[pedalowski]

Oh, that's my mistake, i was rewritting the bug, not copying it.
In devcpp it's obviously l, not I.
Edited it now.

[Duthomhas]

You, uh, should be installing SDL2, not working with the old SDL.

http://lazyfoo.net/tutorials/SDL/index.php