Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 8.1

Chapter 25. X Libraries

Freeglut-3.0.0

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-8.1 platform.

Package Information

Freeglut Dependencies

Required

CMake-3.9.1 and Mesa-17.1.6

Recommended

GLU-9.0.0

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

Installation of Freeglut

Install Freeglut by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr      \
      -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release       \
      -DFREEGLUT_BUILD_DEMOS=OFF       \
      -DFREEGLUT_BUILD_STATIC_LIBS=OFF \
      .. &&

make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

-DFREEGLUT_BUILD_DEMOS=OFF: Disable building optional demo programs. Note that if you choose to build them, their installation must be done manually. The demo programs are limited and installation is not recommended.

-DFREEGLUT_BUILD_STATIC_LIBS=OFF: Do not build the static library.

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 2017-08-20 20:24:54 -0700