In /usr/bin/sdl-config line 6: libdir=${prefix}/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu ^----^ SC2034: libdir appears unused. Verify use (or export if used externally). In /usr/bin/sdl-config line 20: -*=*) optarg=`echo "$1" | LC_ALL="C" sed 's/[-_a-zA-Z0-9]*=//'` ;; ^-- SC2006: Use $(...) notation instead of legacy backticked `...`. Did you mean: -*=*) optarg=$(echo "$1" | LC_ALL="C" sed 's/[-_a-zA-Z0-9]*=//') ;; In /usr/bin/sdl-config line 32: echo $prefix ^-----^ SC2086: Double quote to prevent globbing and word splitting. Did you mean: echo "$prefix" In /usr/bin/sdl-config line 39: echo $exec_prefix ^----------^ SC2086: Double quote to prevent globbing and word splitting. Did you mean: echo "$exec_prefix" In /usr/bin/sdl-config line 45: echo -I${prefix}/include/SDL -D_GNU_SOURCE=1 -D_REENTRANT ^-------^ SC2086: Double quote to prevent globbing and word splitting. Did you mean: echo -I"${prefix}"/include/SDL -D_GNU_SOURCE=1 -D_REENTRANT In /usr/bin/sdl-config line 48: echo -L${prefix}/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -lSDL ^-------^ SC2086: Double quote to prevent globbing and word splitting. Did you mean: echo -L"${prefix}"/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -lSDL In /usr/bin/sdl-config line 52: echo -L${prefix}/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -lSDL -lpthread -lm -ldl -lasound -lm -ldl -lpthread -lpulse-simple -lpulse -lX11 -lXext -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -lcaca -lpthread ^-------^ SC2086: Double quote to prevent globbing and word splitting. Did you mean: echo -L"${prefix}"/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -lSDL -lpthread -lm -ldl -lasound -lm -ldl -lpthread -lpulse-simple -lpulse -lX11 -lXext -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -lcaca -lpthread For more information: https://www.shellcheck.net/wiki/SC2034 -- libdir appears unused. Verify use... https://www.shellcheck.net/wiki/SC2086 -- Double quote to prevent globbing ... https://www.shellcheck.net/wiki/SC2006 -- Use $(...) notation instead of le...