Re: Writing OpenGL

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From: Allan Schaffer (allan++at++sgi.com)
Date: 02/10/2000 15:16:38


On Feb 10, 5:49pm, Matthew Hesher wrote:
> Once again, I have a question that's not quite a Performer issue, but
> close. I'm looking to write my own OpenGL apps. on Linux and I'm
> wondering if the Performer 2.3 release for Linux has the necessary
> OpenGL development libraries to allow this. (My suspicion is "No"
> since I haven't been able to find them or get anything to compile. . .)

Performer for Linux itself doesn't include OpenGL libraries (or API
equivalent) since they tend to differ from vendor to vendor as
various folks work on hardware acceleration.

However, OpenGL is a dependency for Performer apps so you need some
form of OpenGL or API equivalent simply to run (or compile). One
that some people use is Mesa3D, a software renderer, check the
dependencies section of the Mongoose FAQ for download locations of
some pre-built images:

  http://www.sgi.com/software/performer/linux-faq.html

And it goes without saying that once the upcoming SGI Linux Desktop
systems come out (shown at LinuxWorld last week), you'll have a
complete and accelerated and tuned and FAST OpenGL implementation
fully packaged & ready-to-go.. :-)

Allan

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Allan Schaffer                                            allan++at++sgi.com
Silicon Graphics                           http://reality.sgi.com/allan


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