This is the sort of problem where I expect something simple to be wrong . . .

I've installed the SDL library with Gentoo's packages (tried libsdl 1.2.6-r3, 1.2.7-r3, and 1.2.8-r1 (the 'r' is the Gentoo package revision number, not SDL versioning)) and have successfully compiled and run a small demo program (2DTunnel available at http://www.libsdl.org/demos.php). I've tried to install SDL_perl via Gentoo emerge and CPANPLUS.pm. In either case, when I try to load the SDL module, I get:

$ perl -MSDL -e ''
Can't load '/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.5/i686-linux/auto/SDL_perl/
+SDL_perl.so' for module SDL_perl: /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.5/i6
+86-linux/auto/SDL_perl/SDL_perl.so: undefined symbol: filledpieColor 
+at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.5/i686-linux/DynaLoader.pm line 230.
 at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.5/i686-linux/SDL.pm line 9
Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.5/i686
+-linux/SDL.pm line 9.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.5/
+i686-linux/SDL.pm line 9.
Compilation failed in require.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted.

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Doing strace on the above command reveals that the SDL .so library is being loaded, so it isn't a linking problem.

This is SDL_Perl-1.20.3 on perl 5.8.5 on i686-linux. I get the same results with SDL_Perl-2.1.2.

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In reply to SDL_perl Linking Problem by hardburn

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