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It looks like ubuntu 20.04 won't compile 265 since it now requires GCC 10.3.

GCC 9.4.0 detected
GCC version 10.3 or later needed


I commented out the check in scripts/genie.lua

if version < 100300 then
print("GCC version 10.3 or later needed")
-- os.exit(-1)
end

but then it fails on compiling src/osd/modules/input/input_sdl.cpp

../../../../../src/osd/modules/input/input_sdl.cpp: In member function ‘virtual void osd::{anonymous}::sdl_game_controller_device::configure(osd::input_device&)’:
../../../../../src/osd/modules/input/input_sdl.cpp:1293:25: error: ‘SDL_GameControllerGetType’ was not declared in this scope; did you mean ‘SDL_GameControllerGetAxis’?
1293 | auto const ctrltype = SDL_GameControllerGetType(m_ctrldevice);
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| SDL_GameControllerGetAxis
../../../../../src/osd/modules/input/input_sdl.cpp:1296:8: error: ‘SDL_CONTROLLER_TYPE_UNKNOWN’ was not declared in this scope; did you mean ‘SDL_CONTROLLERBUTTONDOWN’?
1296 | case SDL_CONTROLLER_TYPE_UNKNOWN:
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| SDL_CONTROLLERBUTTONDOWN
../../../../../src/osd/modules/input/input_sdl.cpp:1299:8: error: ‘SDL_CONTROLLER_TYPE_XBOX360’ was not declared in this scope; did you mean ‘CONTROLLER_BUTTON_XBOX360’?
1299 | case SDL_CONTROLLER_TYPE_XBOX360:
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| CONTROLLER_BUTTON_XBOX360
../../../../../src/osd/modules/input/input_sdl.cpp:1304:8: error: ‘SDL_CONTROLLER_TYPE_XBOXONE’ was not declared in this scope; did you mean ‘SDL_CONTROLLER_BINDTYPE_NONE’?
1304 | case SDL_CONTROLLER_TYPE_XBOXONE:
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| SDL_CONTROLLER_BINDTYPE_NONE
../../../../../src/osd/modules/input/input_sdl.cpp:1309:8: error: ‘SDL_CONTROLLER_TYPE_PS3’ was not declared in this scope; did you mean ‘SDL_CONTROLLER_AXIS_MAX’?
1309 | case SDL_CONTROLLER_TYPE_PS3:
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| SDL_CONTROLLER_AXIS_MAX
../../../../../src/osd/modules/input/input_sdl.cpp:1314:8: error: ‘SDL_CONTROLLER_TYPE_PS4’ was not declared in this scope; did you mean ‘SDL_CONTROLLER_AXIS_MAX’?
1314 | case SDL_CONTROLLER_TYPE_PS4:
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| SDL_CONTROLLER_AXIS_MAX


434 Compiling src/osd/sdl/window.cpp...
../../../../../src/osd/sdl/osdsdl.cpp: In member function ‘virtual void sdl_osd_interface::process_events()’:
../../../../../src/osd/sdl/osdsdl.cpp:619:54: error: ‘SDL_TouchFingerEvent’ {aka ‘struct SDL_TouchFingerEvent’} has no member named ‘windowID’
619 | auto const window = window_from_id(event.tfinger.windowID);
|


Looks like I'm going to have to upgrade to 22.04 to keep up for 265.

Yes, we didn't raise the compiler version for fun, the newer features are actually used :-)

Those particular errors are from a too-low SDL version though.

Ubuntu releases 24.04 tomorrow, so this is a good reason to give it a spin.

I suppose 4 years is a long time now. 8-) And ubuntu officially drops normal support after 5 years.

Announced weeks ago: https://www.mamedev.org/?p=536

If you really want to keep using 20.04, install the GCC 10 packages (gcc-10, g++-10, cpp-10, etc.) and install a more recent version of SDL somewhere in /opt.

MAME Ubuntu compiled
add-apt-repository -y ppa:c.falco/alpha

If you want compile
GCC 11 20.04.6
add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test

for compatibility with proprietary drivers the gcc version need be the same version as gcc version used when compiling the kernel.
installing new gcc will point /usr/bin/gcc to gcc 11 ... thus need install and after create an symbolic link /usr/bin/gcc pointing to /usr/bin/gcc-9 avoinding problems.
When compiling MAME use make HOSTCC=gcc-11 CC=gcc-11

About SDL try search in
add-apt-repository ppa:savoury1/multimedia

Good luck.

I decided to make a system with 24.04 and so far it seems to work fine with 265. Ubuntu 24.04 has pipewire instead of pulseaudio and it seems better with not having audio buffer underflows like my old 20.04 system.

I am trying to compile on a SuSE Linux based system and I have GCC version 11.2.1. I don't get a warning about GCC but I am getting the same SDL error. What SDL version is required?

from the above thread:

https://www.mamedev.org/?p=536


Updated requirements for compiling MAME
28 Mar 2024

We’re soon going to start requiring newer versions of some tools and libraries to compile MAME. The oldest versions of tools and libraries we will officially support will be:

GCC 10.3
clang 11.0
SDL 2.0.14
Qt 5.15
GNU libstdc++ 10.3
LLVM libc++ 11.0


just perusing the packages on suse linux it looks like you'll need liberty linux 9 as it has sdl 2.26

https://scc.suse.com/packages?name=...mp;arch=x86_64&query=sdl&module=

It’s mentioned numerous times here: https://docs.mamedev.org/initialsetup/compilingmame.html