Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version r12.2-652

Chapter 25. Graphical Environment Libraries

Freeglut-3.6.0

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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Note

Development versions of BLFS may not build or run some packages properly if LFS or dependencies have been updated since the most recent stable versions of the books.

Package Information

Freeglut Dependencies

Required

CMake-3.31.0 and Mesa-24.2.7

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