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Strange /tmp error messages when compiling

I'm trying to compile this program to start off my entry into SDL:

Code:

#include </usr/include/SDL/SDL.h>

#include <stdlib.h>

#include <stdio.h>



int main()

{

  if ( SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO) <0 ) {

    printf("Unable to init SDL: %s\n", SDL_GetError());

    return 1;

  }

  atexit(SDL_Quit);

}

But when I do, I get error messages like this:

Code:

/tmp/ccMdsGbg.o(xtest+0x16): In function `main':

: undefined reference to `SDL_Init'

/tmp/ccMdsGbg.o(xtest+0x16): In function `main':

: undefined reference to `SDL_GetError'

/tmp/ccMdsGbg.o(xtest+0x16): In function `main':

: undefined reference to `SDL_Quit'

collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

I can't gather any useful knowledge from these messages, but maybe you guys can?

Try this -
cc sdl.c -lSDL -lpthread

It works :D! Thanks Kumar, I've had this error for awhile, and now it's all gone!
Thanks again!

well....actually you were missing the required libraries.

Quote:

Originally posted by Kumar
Try this -
cc sdl.c -lSDL -lpthread

Better yet:

Change this line:

Code:

#include </usr/include/SDL/SDL.h>

to:

Code:

#include "SDL.h"

And then compile with:

Code:

gcc `sdl-config --cflags` `sdl-config --libs` -o sdlprog sdlprog.c