How can I fix a SDL2 Compile Error using gcc?

Question

When I compile my code using gcc, the link problem keep showing.

"/usr/local/include/sdl2_ttf/2.0.15/include/SDL2/SDL_ttf.h:34:10: fatal error: SDL.h: No such file or directory
   34 | #include "SDL.h"
      |          ^~~~~~~
compilation terminated."

I have used the compile command:

gcc main.c -I /usr/local/include/sdl2/2.0.10/include -L /usr/local/include/sdl2/2.0.10/lib -I /usr/local/include/sdl2_ttf/2.0.15/include -L /usr/local/include/sdl2_ttf/2.0.15/lib -lSDL2 -lSDL2_ttf

and actually the <SDL2/SDL.h> has been linked successfully. However, I think the problems occurred because there is no SDL.h file in SDl2_ttf/include file. How can I fix this problem? Thanks a lot.

Answer 1

Use the include directive

#include <SDL2/SDL.h>

and compile your program with

gcc main.c $(sdl-config --cflags) $(sdl-config --libs)