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providing gl driver with application

Started by troxtril Apr 2, 2009 at 3:02 AM 3 replies 800+ views

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Apr 2, 2009 at 3:02 AM

hey. is there a common package for opengl to provide for example opengl 2.1 drivers to user like microsoft's directx redist. packages. or should I hand over my application and pray my customer/boss/academic supervisor is skillful enuff to find and install updated device drivers from their graphics card manufacturer's website.

Lord_Evil

Apr 2, 2009 at 3:33 AM

What driver would you provide? NVidia? ATI? Intel? Geforce8+? Up to Geforce 7? Windows? Linux? ...

I'd say you should just rely on the system's administrator to install the correct driver.
I'm not sure about DX but I doubt they really redistribute the drivers. DX isn't a driver but a framework that uses the actual driver (which must conform to the DX specification I think).

In OpenGL the 'framework' is part of the driver, so you depend on the graphics driver to provide OpenGL 2.1 functionality.

V-man

Apr 2, 2009 at 7:47 AM

nope, the dx package doesn't come with drivers. It's always the users job to go to nvidia.com (or whatever) and download his drivers.
+ yes, the drivers also have the gl drivers.r

Simian Man

Apr 2, 2009 at 8:21 AM

Besides this, what happens when your application is getting older and tries to install an older version of the drivers than those already on the users computer? That won't win you any friends.

Leffe

Apr 2, 2009 at 8:35 AM

I wonder if there's anything like GLSetup nowadays.

http://web.archive.org/web/20030407062825/glsetup.com/about.htm

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