Debian/Ubuntu packages for SFML

[Sonkun]

Now that the final release of SFML 2.0 is out, it's maybe time for me to publicize my package project. I started making packages a while ago to package for Debian/Ubuntu. The primary goal was distributing my Python bindings but I ended up extending it to all bindings and projects based on SFML such as sfeMovie, Thor, SFGUI, TGUI, etc.

See also: For RedHat/Fedora/CentOS users, I've got the same projects for .rpm packages, I should announce it very soon.

These packages are stored on two launchpad PPAs providing them in two version: stable version and development version. The first repository provides stable version and is named sonkun/sfml-stable while the second, sonkun/sfml-development, provides the latest changes... and is frequently updated.

Each package is available for the last three Ubuntu versions:

• 12.04LTS (Precise Pangolin)
• 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal)
• 13.04LTS (Raring Ringtail)

For Debian users, you'll have to get the respective .deb files from the launchpad website.

You first need to add the repository, open a console and type:

apt-add-repository ppa:sonkun/sfml-stable # for stable versions
apt-add-repository ppa:sonkun/sfml-development # for development versions
apt-get update

Now, install the package you want with:

apt-get install <package-name>

Warning: as the release of the final SFML 2.0 is recent, sfml-stable still contains SFML2.0-RC while sfml-development provides SFML2.0. So you'll be interested in getting the last one.

Warning2: For Python users, I'm experiencing issues with packaging the latest pySFML version, so you'll be better off using the previous stable version (1.2) which is based on SFML2-RC (in sonkun/sfml-stable) But don't worry, first the API differences are small (so it won't take a long time to update your code), and second, as soon as it's done, you can easily update to SFML2 by installing sonkun/sfml-development).

Here's the list of all packages available. One project generally have several package depending on what kind of project it is (library, application, python module, etc.).


SFML & its bindings

• SFML
• CSFML
• JSFML
• pySFML

	Stable	Development	Packages	Notes
SFML	Version: 2.0.0-RC Commit: 19276a5	Version: 2.0.0 Commit: 86897a8	libsfml libsfml-dbg libsfml-dev libsfml-doc sfml-examples	The sfml-examples package provides scripts to run the SFML examples easily. Type sfml-<example-name>. For examples: sfml-shader would run the shader example and allow to quickly see if SFML runs well with your graphic card.
CSFML	Version: 2.0.0-RC Commit: 1bfc30c	Version: 2.0.0 Commit: 7aab902	libcsfml libcsfml-dbg libcsfml-dev libcsfml-doc	No notes.
JSFML	Not available!	Version: 2.0.0 (dev) Commit: 8438ca183d	libsfml-java libsfml-java-doc	I'm not sure if files are installed properly. I need feedback.
pySFML	Version: 1.2.0 Commit: Dunno	Available tomorrow!	python-sfml python3-sfml python-sfml-doc python-sfml-dbg (comming soon) python-sfml-dev (comming soon) pysfml-examples	The pysfml-examples package provides scripts to run the pySFML examples easily. Type pysfml-<example-name>. For examples: pysfml-shader would run the shader example and allow to quickly see if SFML runs well with your graphic card.

Libraries based on SFML

• sfeMovie
• Thor
• SFGUI
• TGUI

	Stable	Development	Packages	Notes
sfeMovie	Version: 1.0.0 Commit: 5c204197	Version: latest version Commit: 47c14e2	libsfemovie libsfemovie-dev sfemovie-example	The sfemovie-example package provides a script to run the single sfeMovie examples easily. Type sfemovie-example to see if sfeMovie works well on your system.
Thor	Not available!	Version: 2.0.0 (development) Commit: 95ffe09832	libthor libthor-dbg libthor-dev libthor-doc thor-examples	The thor-examples package provides scripts to run the Thor examples easily. Type thor-<example-name>. For examples: thor-particles
TGUI	Version: 0.4.2 Commit: Dunno	Version: 0.5.0 Commit: Dunno	libtgui tgui-dbg tgui-dev tgui-formbuilder	The tgui-formbuilder package provides scripts to run the Form builder (RAD).
SFGUI	Not available!	Available but I need to check its version.	libsfgui sfgui-dbg sfgui-dev sfgui-doc sfgui-examples	The sfgui-examples package provides scripts to run the SFGUI examples easily. Type sfgui-<example-name>.

[Nexus]

Thanks!

As you have noticed, Thor is not in a stable version yet, so I wouldn't package it at the moment.

[Laurent]

Awesome

[texus]

Cool. Thanks a lot.

[netrick]

TGUI is outdated, isn't it? Stable is 0.5 and dev is 0.6.

[Lo-X]

And the dev version of SFML will be up to date at each commit on GitHub or each time you update the package yourself ?

[Sonkun]

With pleasure

As you have noticed, Thor is not in a stable version yet, so I wouldn't package it at the moment.

Okay, then I'll ask for a stable commit next time

TGUI is outdated, isn't it? Stable is 0.5 and dev is 0.6.

Should I package 0.6 (in development) instead of 0.5 ? Which commit ?

And the dev version of SFML will be up to date at each commit on GitHub or each time you update the package yourself ?

When I started packaging, there were many factors that prevented me from relying on the github source. SFML2.0 wasn't released and most of people's work was based on either the release candidate or the latest changes (what branch?). Also, as their build scripts (mostly CMake) weren't always updated, I had to patch most of them. Now it should become more stable and I could consider relying on their git version. I'll keep you updated here.

[texus]

Should I package 0.6 (in development) instead of 0.5 ? Which commit ?

I would keep the stable sfml2.0 together with tgui 0.5.
Then the github version of sfml could be in development together with tgui 0.6.
But as long as your stable version is sfml2-RC you can't move v0.5 to stable because only tgui 0.4 can be compiled with the sfml2-RC.

Development version 0.6 is on the master branch which is now commit 70d449620e.
Stable version 0.5 has its own v0.5 branch which is commit 26ea704b0a.

[Nexus]

Okay, then I'll ask for a stable commit next time

Wait for Thor 2.0

[Tank]

Awesome, thanks for providing the packages.

For SFGUI you can always find the latest version (numbers) here (currently 0.1.0).

[anthnich]

I was just thinking about Linux development lately, so this is great to hear. Thanks!

[Syntactic Fructose]

you're awesome! this is so helpful for linux development

[timo777]

Thank you! It was horrible to install it on multiple computers. :S

[isReady]

Am I the only one who is not able to download the sfml-development package? I already tried to use only libsfml but it's not possible to link with this version [there are no include files and some links are missing in /usr/lib]

[Sonkun]

Am I the only one who is not able to download the sfml-development package? I already tried to use only libsfml but it's not possible to link with this version [there are no include files and some links are missing in /usr/lib]

I quickly checked if the files are properly installed and it seems they are so I suppose you're missing libsfml-dev. libfoo-dev packages install stuff we need to compile and dev.