Quick installation of SDL for Linux

Note: Most Linux distributions now have SDL included in them, so it's worth checking to see if SDL is already installed.

RPM systems

• First go to http://www.libsdl.org and enter the Downloads section for version 1.2 (which should be the latest stable version - get the latest revision).
• Download the 'i386' RPM from the Runtime Libraries section.
• Login as root and install the library with the following command - change the filename to match the one downloaded.

	rpm -i SDL-1.2.10-1.i386.rpm

Debian systems

• First go to http://www.libsdl.org and enter the Downloads section for version 1.2 (which is the stable version).
• Follow the link to the Debian packages site.
• Download the package - e.g. libsdl1.2debian - from one of the Debian mirrors.
• Login as root and install the library.