Installation steps for openGL on ubuntu

 GLUT

it is openGL_Utility_Toolkit

for openGL programming we need to install glut (pronounce as glat). Following are the steps to install GLUT on Ubuntu operating system.


Step 1: sudo apt-get update 
             For updation of basic packages

Step 2: sudo apt-get install build-essential
              For installing essential packages.

Step 3: sudo apt-get install freeglut3 freeglut3-dev

              //its GL utility toolkit

Step 4: sudo apt-get install binutils-gold 

           It is GNU gold linker utility.  Gold is a new linker, which is faster than the current linker included in binutils

Step 5: sudo apt-get install g++ cmake

        its a  Command-Line Reference.Users build a project by using CMake to generate a build system for a native tool on their platform.

Step 6: sudo apt-get install mesa-common-dev mesa-utils

    These are packages 

Step 7: sudo apt-get install libglew-dev libglew1.5-dev libglm-dev

      These are packages 

Step 8: glxinfo | grep OpenGL

     used to search a particular word or file

Now you are ready to compile your program!

● Write your program using any editor and save.
● Open the terminal for the specified folder and then compile the program with:

gcc MyProg.c -lGL -lGLU -lglut (for C program)

     (-l is to link libraries )

g++ MyProg.cpp -lGL -lGLU -lglut (for C++ program)

Above instruction will create a.out file in your specified folder and to execute this file use our basic command

               ./a.out 


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