Hi all, So this is where SDL_Perl lives now!
I have instructions and have manage to get as far as getting SDL_Perl to work with base SDL-1.2.7 functionality. [intructions below] Has anyone else started or completed this effort? I've got to the point where I think I might have to use a2dll to get the mingw dynamic lib support working, not too sure yet. Oh well, glad to see this project is still alive. I would like to point out step 7 in the instructions, the use of SDL_opengl.h, and not gl/glu, maybe a generally useful change, as the SDL GL utility header figures out platform specifics. Regards Wayne Bulding SDL-Perl on Cygwin ========================== These instruction will currenlty only enable users with the use of core SDL 1.2.7 functionality under SDL_Perl: e.g checkkeys, timers & graywin run (woo bloody hoo) <excuse> Cygwin aspects I do here may seem odd, or just plain wrong/stupid to someone with Cygwin experience, but as only have ever used Cygwin as an end-user and not a developer (until now), please forgive me! </excuse> The process: Step 1) Cygwin install Cygwin, with at least Perl! OpenGL libpng libjpeg X ...their are probably others, this wasn't clinical, I just went with what I had... (my install.log file might be useful (albeit 'noisy')) Step 2) Cygwin SDL support follow instructions in : http://www.libsdl.org/extras/win32/cygwin/README (*do not* install OpenGL tar from there, that's taken care of by cygwin install, I haven't investigated the possibility , but the cygwin header and lib is MESA, and the one one the SDL site isn't, and doesn't even contain a lib! Step 3) SDl Libraries Step 3.1) SDL donwload http://www.libsdl.org/release/SDL-1.2.7.tar.gz ./configure make install Step 3.2) SDL_image export CFLAGS=-I/usr/include ./configure make install CFLAGS is set because 'for some reason' the compiler fails to pick up the jpeg header in /usr/include I tried using --oldinclude=/usr/include, that failed. <some place holders:> Step 3.3) SDL Step 3.4) SDL Step 3.5) SDL Step 3.6) SDL Step 3.7) SDL Step 4) Perl modules install YAML http://search.cpan.org/~ingy/YAML-0.35/ install ExtUtils::CBuilder http://search.cpan.org/~kwilliams/ExtUtils-CBuilder-0.02/ install Extutils::ParseXS http://search.cpan.org/~kwilliams/ExtUtils-ParseXS-2.08/ install Archive::Tar http://search.cpan.org/~kane/Archive-Tar-1.08/ install Module::Build http://search.cpan.org/~kwilliams/Module-Build-0.25/ Next are the 'patches' to SDL_perl Step 5) SDl_Perl Moduke::Build config Step 5.1) copied make\lib\SDL\Build\Linux.pm to make\lib\SDL\Build\Cygwin.pm Step 5.2) Add -lpthread to Cygwin build Step 6) use SDL_opengl.h instead of directly including GL headers. In src/Opengl.xs replace: #include <gl.h> #include <glu.h> with #include <SDL_opengl.h> Step 7) run the SDL_Perl install process. ____________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html
