Installing SDL2

Before going any further, we need to install the SDL library.

Installing SDL2 on Linux

Depending on your package management tool, run the following to install SDL2 on Linux:

apt package mananger:

$ sudo apt-get install libsdl2-dev

dnf package manager:

$ sudo dnf install SDL2-devel

yum package manager:

$ yum install SDL2-devel

Once done, your SDL2 installation is ready!

Installing SDL2 on Mac

To install SDL2 on Mac, Simply run the following:

$ brew install sdl2

You're good to go!

Installing SDL2 on Windows

All these installation instructions come directly from the Rust SDL2 crate.

Windows with Build Script

A few steps will be required in order to make all of it work. Follow the guide!

1. Download the mingw and msvc development libraries from http://www.libsdl.org/ (SDL2-devel-2.0.x-mingw.tar.gz and SDL2-devel-2.0.x-VC.zip).
2. Unpack to folders of your choice. (You can delete it afterward.)
3. Create the following folder structure in the same folder as your Cargo.toml:

        gnu-mingw\dll\32
       ...