[SDL] Some instructions to install SDL, SDL_image, SDL_mixer and SDL_net under cygwin/mingw

[christoph.senjak at web.de]

Hi.

> I know only MinGW/MSYS...
Enough for me.

> "Seems" sounds like guessing... Better compile and run the SDL
> test programs to see if SDL works properly, and only then install
> the other libraries.
> Building the tests exercises the configure
> build method, then grab a small demo and try the direct-Makefile
> build method. If both build methods work, you can be reasonably
> sure your SDL dev setup is solid.
No Program crashes and Sound and Music seems to work.
I think SDL is correctly installed.

> If you don't really need to build from sources, do consider taking
> the easy route of grabbing developer's packages. Installing
> SDL_{image|mixer|net|ttf} using libsdl.org's mingw developer's
> packages is dead easy, just a few library and header files. I've
> [re]set-up my mingw/msys dev environment a few times, and the
> SDL_* developer's packages are very easy to install and are
> trouble-free.
I dont need to build from source (though i would like to). But i chose
the way because i thought it was simpler. There are no real
Installation-Instructions in the binary tarball, i.e., where to put
the include- and libfiles, to use them with MSYS. I am completely
missing any instruction, couldnt find any. Just putting them in the
same directory as my Source is not good - for example if I want to
build a Game or whatever using a Makefile.

So where do i have to put them to get compiling work under msys?

Thank You.