Difficulty setting up SFML 2.1

[Robostove]

I'm trying to compile on Ubuntu.

There's no 2.1 package using apt-get, so I tried the CMake tutorial -

2.1 doesn't appear to have a CMakeLists.txt so I tried CodeBlocks -

I set up the compiler and linker search directories, linker settings, and I'm getting the following errors:

-------------- Build: Release in proj1 ---------------

Linking console executable: bin/Release/proj1
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /home/user/libs/SFML21/lib/libsfml-graphics.so when searching for -lsfml-graphics
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lsfml-graphics
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /home/user/libs/SFML21/lib/libsfml-window.so when searching for -lsfml-window
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lsfml-window
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /home/user/libs/SFML21/lib/libsfml-system.so when searching for -lsfml-system
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lsfml-system
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
Process terminated with status 1 (0 minutes, 0 seconds)
3 errors, 0 warnings

I've tried it with and without using the SFML_STATIC macro. What's with the incompatible .so message?


Giving up, I tried compiling through the terminal-

g++ -c main.cpp -Ihome/libs/SFML21/include
 
and I get
main.cpp:2:29: fatal error: SFML/Graphics.hpp: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.

I don't understand why all of these seem to think that this directory doesn't exist... it's definitely there.

I'm a Linux newbie but this seems like it should be straightforward... What am I doing wrong?

[eXpl0it3r]

You need to compile the library itself first. You of course need the full source code, which contains a CMakeList.txt, and not just the headers.

After that follow the CMake tutorial step by step.
The follow the Code::Blocks tutorial step by step.

Randomly trying things without know what it actually does will rarely lead go useable results.

You can also spend some time searching the forum, if you're stuck with something. We have quite a lot of similar threads and some have sometimes written down their steps again.

[Robostove]

Thanks, I've managed to get everything working.

Should have read the tutorial more carefully