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What is Freeglut used for?

Posted on by Arif Clayton

What is Freeglut used for?

FreeGLUT is an open-source alternative to the OpenGL Utility Toolkit (GLUT) library. GLUT (and hence FreeGLUT) allows the user to create and manage windows containing OpenGL contexts on a wide range of platforms and also read the mouse, keyboard and joystick functions.

How do I install Freeglut on Windows 10?

  1. How to install freeglut… It’s not *that* hard…
  2. Download freeglut. First, you need to download a freeglut release.
  3. Untar and configure the packages. Copy the tarball you downloaded into a temporary directory.
  4. Change to the resulting directory: cd freeglut-2.X.X.
  5. Now, configure the packages:
  6. Build and install freeglut.

How do you use Freeglut in code blocks?

Steps to Setup OpenGL (GLUT) in CodeBlocks:

  1. Open include folder from the downloaded file.
  2. Copy the glut.
  3. Open lib folder from downloaded file.
  4. Copy all files and paste to the folder “C:\Program Files\CodeBlocks\MinGW\lib“.
  5. Open bin folder from the downloaded file.
  6. Copy the glut.

What is GL GLUT H?

The OpenGL Utility Toolkit (GLUT) is a library of utilities for OpenGL programs, which primarily perform system-level I/O with the host operating system. Functions performed include window definition, window control, and monitoring of keyboard and mouse input.

Where is FreeGLUT installed?

Installing freeglut

  1. lib files: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\VC\lib.
  2. Header files: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\VC\include\gl.
  3. dll files: C:\WINDOWS\System32.

How do I set up OpenGL?

Setting Up OpenGL for Windows

  1. Install and Setup MSYS. Head over to this link https://www.msys2.org/ and download the mysy2 installer.
  2. Open MSYS2.
  3. Install Pacman in the MSYS2.
  4. Install MinGW package via CLI.
  5. Install Freeglut.
  6. Install Glew.
  7. Download Code Blocks.
  8. Set up the compiler in Code Blocks.

Is the FreeGLUT project a replacement for Glut?

The project is now virtually a 100% replacement for the original GLUT with only a few departures (such as the abandonment of SGI-specific features such as the Dials&Buttons box and Dynamic Video Resolution) and a shrinking set of bugs.

Where can I find FreeGLUT on my computer?

Once you have downloaded the freeglut MinGW package, create a folder on your PC which is readable by all users, for example “C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\MinGW\\freeglut\\”. Copy the “lib\\” and “include\\” folders from the zip archive to that location.

Is it possible to statically link FreeGLUT to an application?

It’s possible statically link freeglut into your applications, instead of dynamically linking against the DLL as detailed above. The main disadvantage of static linking is that when an updated version of freeglut becomes available, the application must be recompiled in order to use the newer version.

How to link to FreeGLUT and OpenGL libraries?

In order to link to the freeglut and OpenGL libraries, you should additionally specify “-lfreeglut -lopengl32” during the link stage.