Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version r12.4-1388

Chapter 25. Graphical Environment Libraries

Freeglut-3.8.0

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.

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Package Information

Freeglut Dependencies

Required

CMake-4.2.3 and Mesa-25.3.5

Recommended

GLU-9.0.3

Installation of Freeglut

Install Freeglut by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

cmake -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr        \
      -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release         \
      -D FREEGLUT_BUILD_DEMOS=OFF         \
      -D FREEGLUT_BUILD_STATIC_LIBS=OFF   \
      -W no-dev .. &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

-D FREEGLUT_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.

-D FREEGLUT_BUILD_STATIC_LIBS=OFF: Do not build the static library.

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Library: libglut.so
Installed Directories: /usr/lib/cmake/FreeGLUT

Short Descriptions

libglut.so

contains functions that implement the OpenGL Utility Toolkit