Install SDL2 on macOS Catalina

How to install SDL2, SDL2_image, SDL2_mixer, SDL2_ttf and SDL2_net on macOS Catalina.

We use the Homebrew package manager. If you don't have Homebrew and the Command Line Tools installer, check my previous tutorial:

Installation commands used in the video:
brew install sdl2 sdl2_image sdl2_mixer sdl2_ttf sdl2_net
brew install pkg-config

Source code for the example SDL2 program:

Build/Compile commands used:
clang -std=c18 -Wall -pedantic test_sdl2.c -lSDL2
clang -std=c18 -Wall -pedantic test_sdl2.c `pkg-config --libs sdl2`

[ernirrooychip]

Thank you! I send you greetings from Argentina!

[garethgareth]

Thanks a lot man… You really saved my day!

[AntibioTak]

PLEASE can you help me I have this error : fatal error: 'SDL2/SDL.h' file not found #include <SDL2/SDL.h>, I have installed brew and followed step by step but it doesn't work apparently, im on Macbook pro Big Sur

[dapoint]

How do you share you.games with others? Sharing the a.out file, will it run on other mac without sdl? Or do you need to share the sdl2.so with your a.out?

[jed.]

Can you please tell difference between
-pedantic test_sdl2.c -lSDL2 VS. -pedantic test_sdl2.c `pkg-config --libs sdl2`. ?

[QuynhNguyen-qcng]

What is the Build/Compile command for c++? I tried your test code and it worked perfectly fine. But when I tried my c++ test code it seemed like it was not working even though I did change clang to clang++ and -std=c18 to -std=c++11

[davross]

for some reason I get this error when I run it in terminal:
clang: error: no such file or directory: 'test_sdl2.c'

[kozookumura]

I am trying to install SDL 1.2 on catalina. Should I do the same method as you did here?

[johnreimer]

What is the command for when I want to linkt SDL2_image and SDL2_tff to my project?

[EmmanuelT]

doesn't make sense, every time I type that in it says that brew isn't a command

[xexyzxexyl]

Great idea.

Homebrew: the system that takes ownership of /usr/local.

Great idea if you don't understand things anyway...Oh and don't mind security problems.

[nicholasgalea]

Everything works until I start running it on my terminal.

When running the vim test_sdl2.c command on a new terminal window, an error message is printed with E325: Attention. Found a swap file by the name ".test_sdl2.c.swp". It is also asking me to [O]pen Read-Only, (E)dit anyway, (R)ecover, (Q)uit, (A)bort:

After trying O, E a new window is created with a lot of ~ under each other.

I am not sure what else to do with this. Could you provide some guidance as i am not sure how to link the GitHub file including the Code with my terminal window. I have the file downloaded. Some guidance would be appreciated.