Dependencies

• Download SDL now!   R, M
• SDL Image - needed for image support   R,M
• SMpeg - needed for Mpeg1 and MP3 playback   R,M
• SFont - Simple bitmap font support (currently in JSDL CVS source)
• Sun's J2SE for linux - A Java Runtime tested with JSDL
• Blackdown Java for linux - A Java Runtime tested with JSDL
• ANT (http://jakarta.apache.org/ant/) - Cross platform build utility (needed for CVS build only)

R = Shipped with Redhat, but package may not be installed by default
M=Shipped with Mandrake, but package may not be installed by default
NOTE: All dependencies are compil-able on all Linux's and will likely build on any Unix without modification

Other cool things to do with graphics and java

• Java Media Framework (JMF)- Sun's API and environment for doing audio and video in java.  Should be easy to make a JSDL based renderer. JavaTV is a broadcast and video on demand extension to this.
• J2SE 1.4 High performance graphics extensions - Provides some of what JSDL gives you minus the blazingly fast, low level SDL event engine, sound support, fast image load and video player extensions, etc..... oh and did I mention with the J2SE fullscreen stuff, you  STILL have to run X-windows to do full screen java GUIs? :)
• Mplayer - Coolest Linux media player / any2any media converter I've seen.  SDL is among the list of renders used. People have written slick front ends in GTK, perl and python for it. JSDL shouldn't be too hard.
• Freevo - Free Tivo, a DVR/VDR/PVR that sits on top of Mplayer using python UI libraries.  Would be neat to try this with JSDL.
• Fbdev - Framebuffer api.