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    SDL Build Error with on Linux Mint 18.2 Sonya

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      tunnelmaker
      last edited by tunnelmaker

      Basically, whenever I try to install RetroPie on Linux Mint 18.2 Sonya, it returns an error about not being able to build SDL2 (Could not sucessfully build SDL2 /home/tunnel/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/sdl2/libsdl2-dev_2.0.5+5_amd64.deb not found). I am assuming RetroPie is attempting to build 2.0.5 when the package libsdl2-dev installed from apt is at version 2.0.4+dfsg1-2ubuntu2. Is there a way to fix this build error? Or possibly a way to install a newer version of libsdl2-deb from apt?

      The full log: https://hastebin.com/iqarojigad

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        WaylanderPK
        last edited by

        I edited
        scriptmodules/helpers.sh: local own_sdl2=1
        to
        scriptmodules/helpers.sh: local own_sdl2=0

        This just uses the default sdl2 installed on the system. Seems to work ok

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