OpenGL/glut Installation Tips

Here are basic installation instructions to get you started. Please share any installation/compilation instructions you have for your specific environment.

Using Ubuntu (or another Debian system)

On Debian, you will need the following packages:

libglut3-dev
glutg3-dev
freeglut3-dev
build-essential

Open up a terminal and type:

  apt-get install libglut3-dev glutg3-dev freeglut3-dev

Notes for Fedora Core users

On Fedora Core you need to install:

freeglut
freeglut-devel

Using yum:

  yum install freeglut freeglut-devel

Using rpm:

  rpm -ivh freeglut-*

or download the rpm files and use:

  rpm -i freeglut-*

Using Visual Studio

Please see these detailed instructions by Chris Wyman at University of Iowa.

Using Dev C++

http://www.bloodshed.net/devcpp.html
Click "Go To Download Page"
Download from SourceForge
Once program is installed and set up, go to Tools/Check for Updates/Packages
Choose Community Devpacks in the drop down menu
Find and download the FreeGlut, glut, OpenGL and OpenGlut packages
Once the download and installation (all automatic) are complete, choose a new project.
Under the MultiMedia tab, choose FreeGlut.
You're all set. Start coding!