sdl-config: command not found

Maybe Your $PATH variable doesn't contain the default paths? echo $PATH should give something like:

[root@server ~]# echo $PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin

If it's empty, You may set the PATH variable with this command

export PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin"

On CentOS possible default full paths are:

/usr/bin/sdl-config - from package: SDL-devel

You may install the required package with command yum install {package}

On Debian possible default full paths are:

/usr/bin/sdl-config - from package: libsdl1.2-dev

You may install the required package with command apt-get install {package}

Error in other languages:
sdl-config: bevel nie gevind nie
sdl-config: comandă negăsită
sdl-config: comando não encontrado
sdl-config: commande introuvable
sdl-config: command not found
sdl-config: käsku ei ole
sdl-config: không tìm thấy lệnh
sdl-config: komanda nerasta
sdl-config: Kommando nicht gefunden.
sdl-config: kommandot finns inte
sdl-config: komut yok
sdl-config: nie znaleziono polecenia
sdl-config: níor aimsíodh an t-ordú
sdl-config: no se encontró la orden
sdl-config: no s'ha trobat l'ordre
sdl-config: opdracht niet gevonden
sdl-config: parancs nem található
sdl-config: perintah tidak ditemukan
sdl-config: príkaz nenájdený
sdl-config: příkaz nenalezen
sdl-config: команда не найдена
sdl-config: командата не е открита
sdl-config: 命令找不到
sdl-config: コマンドが見つかりません