[quote="savage"]Apparently this is normal ( having a version number as part of the filename ) and is there to avoid ]

Yes, but one should have also libXXX.so.0 already present (at least, this was for me).
Anyway this is a problem. When we release a program, it will probably not work first try, and many people will simply discard it.
We could possibly look what name do other oss game use, and use that too. Maybe i'll take a look to someone lately.

Ideally, when JEDI-SDL v1.0 is released, as part of setting things up for FPC and Kylix, it would be great if the install script created the symlinks as well
Umm i don't think that's the right way. It should better link already present files.
Maybe something like: /usr/lib/libSDL-1.2.so.0

If anyone on these forums is a guru with Linux shell scripts, please get in contact with me. I need someone to let me know how to use grep effeciently so that I can pick up the appropriate Shared Object library and create a symlink @ installation time.
I can help you