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+# sdl pkg-config source file
+
+prefix=@prefix@
+exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
+libdir=@libdir@
+includedir=@includedir@
+
+Name: sdl
+Description: Simple DirectMedia Layer is a cross-platform multimedia library designed to provide low level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, 3D hardware via OpenGL, and 2D video framebuffer.
+Version: @SDL_VERSION@
+Requires:
+Conflicts:
+Libs: -L${libdir} @SDL_RLD_FLAGS@ @SDL_LIBS@
+Cflags: -I${includedir}/SDL @SDL_CFLAGS@