sdl2-config command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix sdl2-config command not found error message

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

sdl2-config: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: sdl2-config: command not found

In Ubuntu sdl2-config is provided by libsdl2-dev package.

libsdl2-dev is:

SDL is a library that allows programs portable low level access to a video framebuffer, audio output, mouse, and keyboard.

This package contains the files needed to compile and link programs which use SDL.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install libsdl2-dev

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install libsdl2-dev.

sudo apt -y install libsdl2-dev

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install libsdl2-dev

In this tutorial we learn how to fix sdl2-config command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.