Linux + Opengl

personally i use sdl instead of glut (www.libsdl.org)

*first see if u have your graphics card setup correctly type glxinfo in at the console + u should see various info
eg gl version glx version openglextenmsion list, list of supported pixelformats etc.
*if everything looks ok then its onto the next step (prolly nehe is a good bet to look at when youre starting off, i think thery have sdl tutorials there)


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you should pass an option to gcc like so: "-I /usr/include/GL". This will tell the compiler to look in the directory /usr/include/GL for include files. You should also have some files in a directory called /usr/lib called libGL.so and libGLU.so. If you have glut then you should also have libglut.so. Pass these options to link to the GL, GLU and glut libraries: "-lGL -lGLU -lglut". This should be all the extra stuff you need to compile opengl programs. If you have SDL, they include files are probably in /usr/include/SDL and you have to link to libSDL.so and on Redhat 8.0 at least you have to pass another option to the linker: "-lpthread"
an example:

g++ -I /usr/include/GL -I /usr/include/SDL -lGL -lGLU -lSDL -lpthread main.cpp -o game

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Original post by grady
... Redhat 8.0 at least you have to pass another option to the linker: "-lpthread"

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That''s required on all linux distro''s if you wanna use SDL

> That''s required on all linux distro''s if you wanna use SDL

prefer sdl-config --libs