Installing SFML

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There are a few ways to do it.

Build it from source

This is my preferred way to install SFML. It ensures that you build SFML with the same toolchain you use to build your projects and it’s straightforward to do on all platforms:

Clone SFML source code:

git clone https://github.com/sfml/sfml
cd sfml

Configure CMake:

mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..

Build

cmake --build . --target install

Download pre-built binaries

Download pre-built binaries for your platform here

Install from your package manager

SFML is available in a bunch of different package managers:

vcpkg (All platforms) apt (Linux) Brew (macOS)