Package Details: sdl2 2.32.0-1

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/sdl2.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: sdl2
Description: A library for portable low-level access to a video framebuffer, audio output, mouse, and keyboard (Version 2)
Upstream URL: https://www.libsdl.org
Licenses: zlib
Submitter: HurricanePootis
Maintainer: HurricanePootis
Last Packager: HurricanePootis
Votes: 5
Popularity: 3.76
First Submitted: 2025-01-28 23:06 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2025-02-13 05:58 (UTC)

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HurricanePootis commented on 2025-02-03 07:21 (UTC)

I am going to pin this message.

There is software that may not work correctly with sdl2-compat, which is why this package has been moved to the AUR.

If you are having issues updating to sdl2-compat due to using an AUR helper, do the following: just use pacman lol.

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HurricanePootis commented on 2025-02-13 05:57 (UTC)

@wpyoga sdl2 does not depend on fcitx5 and ibus, but needs them present to have their support enable during the build option.

wpyoga commented on 2025-02-12 03:39 (UTC) (edited on 2025-02-12 03:48 (UTC) by wpyoga)

I wonder, why does this package (sdl2, a library) depend on fcitx5 and ibus (both are input methods) ? Could there be a mistake somewhere?

severach commented on 2025-02-09 21:38 (UTC) (edited on 2025-02-09 21:42 (UTC) by severach)

This package is essential. Many apps don't work with sdl3+sdl2-compat yet and it will be a long time before they do. Unfortunately this package won't work with this name sdl2. There's no way to write a depends=() to pull this original sdl2 instead of sdl2-compat and IgnorePKG is the only way to stop pacman from upgrading to sdl2-compat. This and lib32-sdl2 need to be remade with alternate names, perhaps sdl2-legacy, and have the original packages merged.

HurricanePootis commented on 2025-02-03 07:21 (UTC)

I am going to pin this message.

There is software that may not work correctly with sdl2-compat, which is why this package has been moved to the AUR.

If you are having issues updating to sdl2-compat due to using an AUR helper, do the following: just use pacman lol.

furrykef commented on 2025-02-01 11:02 (UTC)

I disagree, phonemic, unless you have a solution for packages such as mesen2-git that work with sdl2 but not with sdl2-compat.

phonemic commented on 2025-01-31 18:42 (UTC) (edited on 2025-01-31 18:43 (UTC) by phonemic)

This shouldn't exist and needs to be removed.

bobi commented on 2025-01-31 07:45 (UTC)

Hugest prank is, if you don’t take care then, install of fcitx5 will break Gnome keyboard management because go figure.

mranderson17 commented on 2025-01-30 01:06 (UTC) (edited on 2025-01-30 01:07 (UTC) by mranderson17)

sdl2-compat deprecates sdl2 however because there's an aur package named "sdl2" with a newer version some aur helpers will try to install that as an "upgrade" to the currently installed sdl2 package. I have a feeling a few people will end up here because of that.

HurricanePootis commented on 2025-01-29 22:03 (UTC)

@jcerdan, your repos must be out of date. sdl2 is gone from extra and has been replaced by sdl2-compat, which is reliant on SDL3.

V1del commented on 2025-01-29 11:49 (UTC)

It's not anymore, as the repo version got replaced with sdl2-compat which is a reimplementation of the sdl2 API on top of the just released sdl3 (like sdl1-compat was to sdl2)

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