> trying to play a game on Linux Mint 21.3
> the supplied tarball won't run due to dynamic linking error
> checks the github
> someone reported the same issue with Ubuntu 22
> Linux Mint 21.x is based on Ubuntu 22
> maintainer responds that using tarballs is not ideal, says the package is in various distros
> maintainer links the site collecting the distros it's in
> Debian Sid, Fedora, FreeBSD, openSUSE and a bunch of distros no one uses
> maintainer responds that they purposefully get the latest versions of SDL because they sometimes want to use the latest features
> issue is closed as completed
> clones the source
> struggles a bit with FindSDL2_image, but eventually finds the project with SDL2 modules
> compiles successfully
> game runs successfully
so that was a lie, huh