[java] LWJGL Setup?

The setup is the same on all Windows boxes. I run it on Win98 just fine. You need to make sure the jar file is on your classpath. For development, you can set this up easily in an IDE (such as Eclipse, JCreator, Netbeans, etc...) if you are using one. If you are using the commandline, you can either set it as an argument to javac or as an envirmoment variable in autoexec.bat (search Google for details).

When running LWJGL apps you also need the jar on the classpath, but if the jar is in the same directory as the app that should be enough. Also the VM needs to know the location of the lwjgl DLL. There's three ways to do this, the least troublesome of which is to use the java or javaw command line switch -Djava.library.path=.

[edited by - aldacron on May 11, 2004 10:36:08 AM]

Thanks alot!

So is that the only requirement for me to be able to use LWJGL? The jar file just needs to be in the classpath? Don't I need to put *.dll files anywhere or something else? **** - Ignore that, as soon as I posted this I noticed that your edited first post answers this question.

So let me see if I have this right. I first have to move and/or set the lwjgl jar file into my classpath. Then I run 'java -Djava.library.path=.' so that java knows where the lwjgl.dll file is. Then I will be able to compile and run a lwjgl project?

Thanks;
Sean.
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[edited by - sean4e on May 12, 2004 3:07:58 AM]

Not quite:

To compile a LWJGL project, you need to be able to see the LWJGL jar file as well as your own class and source files. This means the lwjgl.jar needs to be on the compile class path, along with all your classes. How this is done exactly depends on your IDE.

To run a LWJGL project, you need to be able to see the LWJGL jar file, your own classes, and you need to point the JVM at the lwjgl.dll or lwjgl.so : and the way to do this is to pass a runtime property to the JVM when you run your game which points at the directory containing the dlls. Typically you want the dlls and jars all in the same spot, so . (dot) is the best path to use - in particular if you deploy your code with Webstart, as this is the only way to make it work

Example:

java -Djava.library.path=. -cp lwjgl.jar;mygame.jar Game


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