#gamedev

SDL Configure MacOS

To configure SDL on MacOS, you need download it from https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/releases.

Choose the .dmg file for MacOS.

After open the .dmg file, move the SDL2.framework to the folder /Library/Frameworks.

Now, you can compile the program with:

clang ../src/main.cpp -Wall -g -o main -I/Library/Frameworks/SDL2.framework/Headers -F/Library/Frameworks -framework SDL2

But, maybe you can see the error:

dyld[1263]: Library not loaded: @rpath/SDL2.framework/Versions/A/SDL2
  Referenced from: <E08993BF-C812-3864-AE0F-2D739FF864A6> /Users/tiagoaguiar/cpp/main/build/main
  Reason: no LC_RPATH's found
[1]    1263 abort      ../build/main

So, add the next line to add frameork path to the binary:

install_name_tool -add_rpath "/Library/Frameworks" main

Another way to get SDL library path and headers is using `sdl2-config --libs --cflags`.