Unable to compile SFML 2.1 on Linux

[Midleiro F]

Hi!

At first I tried, unsuccessfully, to use the prebuilt binary packages -- when trying to build a simple program, the compiler said I didn't have libglew1.5. I couldn't install it either, since apt-get says the package libglew1.5 doesn't exist, so I decided to build SFML anew with my own version of libglew.

Now I'm trying to build it from source; however, I'm having trouble meeting some dependencies, namely, libxrandr.

When I try

sudo apt-get install libxrandr2

, it says I already have it.

When I try

sudo apt-get install libxrandr-dev

, it says

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 libxrandr-dev : Depends: x11proto-randr-dev (>= 1.4) but it is not installable
                 Depends: libxrender-dev but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

I was also unable to install x11proto-randr-dev and libxrender-dev.

Any suggestions?
Thanks!

[santiaboy]

Hey! This are the ones I used, and it worked fine.

sudo apt-get install libpthread-stubs0-dev
sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-dev
sudo apt-get install libx11-dev
sudo apt-get install libxrandr-dev
sudo apt-get install libfreetype6-dev
sudo apt-get install libglew1.5-dev
sudo apt-get install libjpeg8-dev
sudo apt-get install libsndfile1-dev
sudo apt-get install libopenal-dev

I used this tutorial (it's for 2.0, but you can use it as a guide for 2.1) http://sfmlcoder.wordpress.com/2011/08/16/building-sfml-2-0-with-make-for-gcc/ and I have it working

[Midleiro F]

Thanks for the response!

I followed the exact same tutorial the first time around, and was able to install most of the packages you quoted. However, my problem with the xrandr library remains, as stated in the original post. Trying to install them via Package Manager also yielded no results, as it says the package is broken.

I have also tried

sudo apt-get install -f

and

sudo dpkg --configure -a

without results.

[eXpl0it3r]

Have you tried to compile SFML even though you haven't installed the library explicitly?
I had some issues in the past as well, when trying to install xrandr, but often it worked anyways since xrandr shipped with some utility package.

[Midleiro F]

Have you tried to compile SFML even though you haven't installed the library explicitly?
I had some issues in the past as well, when trying to install xrandr, but often it worked anyways since xrandr shipped with some utility package.

Yes, I have. Unfortunately CMake outputs the following error message:

CMake Error at src/SFML/Window/CMakeLists.txt:113 (message):
  Xrandr library not found


-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!

If it's of any help, my current distribution is Linux Mint 15 Olivia.