This library is aimed at being used by a script language like ruby or python, but it should be still
usable in plain c++.

needed libraries:
ruby(-dev)
swig(-dev)
libSDL
libSDL_image
libsge
libSDL_ttf
libSDL_mixer
libphysfs

you have 2 possibilities to compile it
1) use autotools:
  ./configure && make && make install
2) using extconf.rb /mkmf:
  cd src && ruby extconf.rb && make && make install

