Homebrew Question Need some help getting the DevKitPro compilation environment setup

[OkazakiTheOtaku]

Hi,

I'm trying to get into Switch homebrew development and while I've had some success getting the bare DevKitPro environment setup, I've hit a few hitches and can't find an answer.

On a few open source projects I'm trying to compile, I receive an SDL error, as so:
#include <SDL2/SDL.h>
no such file or directory

On a base level I know that I have to find a way to get the SDL package but I'm unsure how to do that.

When trying to compile Checkpoint I get the same thing, except it is
#include <ft2build.h>
not SDL.

I have experience programming and compiling, but I usually work with Obj-C and Swift on Xcode. I've never done anything like this.

I'm trying to set up the environment in a fresh Windows 10 VM, and I have DevKitPro and whatnot already installed. Thanks for the help!

 

[XCJLongbow]

Hi,

I'm trying to get into Switch homebrew development and while I've had some success getting the bare DevKitPro environment setup, I've hit a few hitches and can't find an answer.

On a few open source projects I'm trying to compile, I receive an SDL error, as so:
#include <SDL2/SDL.h>
no such file or directory

On a base level I know that I have to find a way to get the SDL package but I'm unsure how to do that.

When trying to compile Checkpoint I get the same thing, except it is
#include <ft2build.h>
not SDL.

I have experience programming and compiling, but I usually work with Obj-C and Swift on Xcode. I've never done anything like this.

I'm trying to set up the environment in a fresh Windows 10 VM, and I have DevKitPro and whatnot already installed. Thanks for the help!

You need to install the switch-sdl2 packages from the devkitPro pacman.

Instructions for that are available on the DKP/Switchbrew sites. (I can't post links)

 

[OkazakiTheOtaku]

You need to install the switch-sdl2 packages from the devkitPro pacman.

Instructions for that are available on the DKP/Switchbrew sites. (I can't post links)

I followed this guide
http://switchbrew.org/index.php?title=Setting_up_Development_Environment
but it just installed DevKitPro, not the others.

 

[XCJLongbow]

I followed this guide
but it just installed DevKitPro, not the others.

You still have to install the individual packages.

sudo dkp-pacman -Sl

(That's a lowercase L)

Use that to list available packages, then use:

sudo dkp-pacman -S *

* being the package from the list you want. At minimum you'll want switch-sdl2, but I'd just install them all. They aren't exactly large.

 

[OkazakiTheOtaku]

You still have to install the individual packages.

sudo dkp-pacman -Sl

(That's a lowercase L)

Use that to list available packages, then use:

sudo dkp-pacman -S *

* being the package from the list you want. At minimum you'll want switch-sdl2, but I'd just install them all. They aren't exactly large.

Thanks!

 

[yesimnathan]

If you have docker on your machine, you should give this a try: https://gbatemp.net/threads/switchd...homebrew-applications-for-the-nintendo-switch

That has made my life much easier when working with switch homebrew

 

[lordelan]

I guess devkitpro and libnx are for programming in C only?
What would I need to write stuff in C++?

 

[ShroomKing]

I guess devkitpro and libnx are for programming in C only?
What would I need to write stuff in C++?

you can use c++ with SDL2. Also right now there aren't many switch homebrew libraries/library ports i know of that you can use c++ with. SDL2 seems to be the only one for now.

 

[lordelan]

you can use c++ with SDL2. Also right now there aren't many switch homebrew libraries/library ports i know of that you can use c++ with. SDL2 seems to be the only one for now.

Coming from .NET I'm still not into all of that.
SDL2 is nothing Switch/Ninty specific but a general kind of library or framework which I can use to adress things like input/output (sound, display and so on) and with devkitpro and the sdl2 pacman package it is possible to compile a SDL2 C++ program into a NRO file?

 

[ShroomKing]

Coming from .NET I'm still not into all of that.
SDL2 is nothing Switch/Ninty specific but a general kind of library or framework which I can use to adress things like input/output (sound, display and so on) and with devkitpro and the sdl2 pacman package it is possible to compile a SDL2 C++ program into a NRO file?

Yeah. You better look at sources of SDL2 apps on the switch to see how you would use it. (check out postal-nx or Fireplace-NX on github, i think they are great examples)

 

[lordelan]

Yeah. You better look at sources of SDL2 apps on the switch to see how you would use it. (check out postal-nx or Fireplace-NX on github, i think they are great examples)

Thanks for the entry point. Very helpful.