Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 7.4

Chapter 25. X Libraries

Freeglut-2.8.1

Introduction to Freeglut

Freeglut is intended to be a 100% compatible, completely opensourced clone of the GLUT library. GLUT is a window system independent toolkit for writing OpenGL programs, implementing a simple windowing API, which makes learning about and exploring OpenGL programming very easy.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.4 platform.

Package Information

Freeglut Dependencies

Required

MesaLib-9.2.0

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/freeglut

Installation of Freeglut

Install Freeglut by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--disable-static: This switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Library: libglut.so
Installed Directories: None

Short Descriptions

libglut.so

contains functions that implement the OpenGL Utility Toolkit.

Last updated on 2013-08-24 15:00:43 -0700