Building SDL2 on OS X 10.7: "ranlib: file: … has no symbols"

Question

When building SDL2 on lion I've run into the following when running the makefile:

/usr/bin/ranlib: file: build/.libs/libSDL2.a(SDL_audiodev.o) has no symbols
/usr/bin/ranlib: file: build/.libs/libSDL2.a(SDL_yuv_mmx.o) has no symbols
/usr/bin/ranlib: file: build/.libs/libSDL2.a(SDL_render_d3d.o) has no symbols
/usr/bin/ranlib: file: build/.libs/libSDL2.a(SDL_libgl2D.o) has no symbols
/usr/bin/ranlib: file: build/.libs/libSDL2.a(SDL_ndsrender.o) has no symbols
/usr/bin/ranlib: file: build/.libs/libSDL2.a(SDL_render_gles.o) has no symbols
/usr/bin/ranlib: file: build/.libs/libSDL2.a(SDL_render_gles2.o) has no symbols
/usr/bin/ranlib: file: build/.libs/libSDL2.a(SDL_shaders_gles2.o) has no symbols
/usr/bin/ranlib: file: build/.libs/libSDL2.a(SDL_getenv.o) has no symbols
/usr/bin/ranlib: file: build/.libs/libSDL2.a(SDL_malloc.o) has no symbols
/usr/bin/ranlib: file: build/.libs/libSDL2.a(SDL_qsort.o) has no symbols
/usr/bin/ranlib: file: build/.libs/libSDL2.a(SDL_stdlib.o) has no symbols
/usr/bin/ranlib: file: build/.libs/libSDL2.a(SDL_x11opengles.o) has no symbols
libtool: link: ranlib build/.libs/libSDL2.a
ranlib: file: build/.libs/libSDL2.a(SDL_audiodev.o) has no symbols
ranlib: file: build/.libs/libSDL2.a(SDL_yuv_mmx.o) has no symbols
ranlib: file: build/.libs/libSDL2.a(SDL_render_d3d.o) has no symbols
ranlib: file: build/.libs/libSDL2.a(SDL_libgl2D.o) has no symbols
ranlib: file: build/.libs/libSDL2.a(SDL_ndsrender.o) has no symbols
ranlib: file: build/.libs/libSDL2.a(SDL_render_gles.o) has no symbols
ranlib: file: build/.libs/libSDL2.a(SDL_render_gles2.o) has no symbols
ranlib: file: build/.libs/libSDL2.a(SDL_shaders_gles2.o) has no symbols
ranlib: file: build/.libs/libSDL2.a(SDL_getenv.o) has no symbols
ranlib: file: build/.libs/libSDL2.a(SDL_malloc.o) has no symbols
ranlib: file: build/.libs/libSDL2.a(SDL_qsort.o) has no symbols
ranlib: file: build/.libs/libSDL2.a(SDL_stdlib.o) has no symbols
ranlib: file: build/.libs/libSDL2.a(SDL_x11opengles.o) has no symbols

I don't know if this has something to do with it, but previously I had to do this fix to stop it complaining about SDL_x11sym.h:106:1.

Answer 1

Ok, here's what I did:

1. Run $ ./autogen.sh in the terminal.

2. Open ./Xcode/SDL/SDL.xcodeproj in Xcode.

3. Run the Framework target:

   

4. Open the resulting framework in the finder:

   

5. Copy SDL2.framework into /Library/Frameworks/: