Re: [Plib-users] ./configure can't find GL library

[Steve B. <sjb...@ai...>]

Dave Perry wrote:
> When configuring plib from the "current.tgz" file, I get the error:
> configure: error: could not find working GL library
> 
> I do not ge any error when I configure plib-1.4.2.  Also, I am running 
> FlightGear from a current cvs tar ball, so I know Open GL is working. Am 
> I missing some switch when I run
> ./autogen.sh
> to set up for the ./configure, make, make install.
> 
> I need the current.tgz plib to get the features from the FlightGear cvs 
> tarball.

Well, I just did a 'diff' between current.tgz and the current CVS contents
and they are *identical* - however, what you get from the current development
version (either via the tarball or via CVS) is somewhat different from a
released copy of PLIB because you have to run the autoconf/automake steps
yourself.

I don't see how that could cause your problem though.

The next step is to look in config.log and see what error message the compiler
generated when it failed to compile/link to OpenGL...hopefully that'll point the
way to the root cause of your problems.

I'd bet actual money that you have OpenGL installed in a 'creative' location
on your machine instead of the official /usr/lib/libGL and /usr/include/GL/gl.h
...99% of the time that's the problem.

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