make not finding SDL

[mxmilkiib]

Hi. Trying to build on Arch Linux atm;

g++ -c main.cpp -Wall 
In file included from main.cpp:14:
/usr/include/SDL/SDL_gfxPrimitives.h:38:10: fatal error: SDL.h: No such file or directory
   38 | #include <SDL.h>
      |          ^~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
make: *** [Makefile:16: main.o] Error 1

% locate SDL.h
...
/usr/include/SDL/SDL.h
...
%  pQo /usr/include/SDL/SDL.h
/usr/include/SDL/SDL.h is owned by sdl 1.2.15-14

[wolfschus]

Hi Milkii, you need to install libsdl1.2-dev to compile. Kind Regards Wolfgang

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[mxmilkiib]

AFAIU, I have the Arch package installed that is equivalent to the Buster SDL .deb (both at 1.2.15).

Maybe this is a distro path related issue? Or the manner in which it is included? (I'm not a programmer)