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5 May 2024 15:17:26 EDT (-0400)
  Re: POV-Ray Installation thread  
From: clipka
Date: 28 May 2021 09:57:46
Message: <60b0f6da$1@news.povray.org>
Am 28.05.2021 um 10:04 schrieb jr:

>> - Every time we add a new package dependency ...
>> My take is that it is probably far more efficient to let package
>> maintainers do the job. People who know the peculiarities of their
>> distributions by heart, and who commit to keeping "their" packages
>> maintained.
> 
> I have attached the 'ldd' output for POV-Ray 3.7.0.8, as installed on a Debian
> system, via 'apt-get'.  I leave it to you to .. rationalise the linking to
> 'pulseaudio' and other such.  ;-)

POV-Ray wants SDL for display.

SDL, as the full name "Simple Direct Media Layer" implies, does more 
than just display.

SDL wants stuff, too.


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