I came across one called "Simple Directmedia Layer" or SDL, I found an example using it to create some simple graphics in a teach linux magazine. You can downlo

I came across one called "Simple Directmedia Layer" or SDL, I found an example using it to create some simple graphics in a teach linux magazine. You can download it via apt-get (this is Ubuntu, it might be a different command on another distro). There is a libsdl1.2-dev and a libsdl2.0-dev. Hope that gives you a pointer (pun not intended).