Re: [Plib-users] Error: can not find working glut

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

KSt...@ne... wrote:

> but I don't know what to do to get things right. Specifically, I don't have a /usr/include/GL/glut.h header file. I installed glut-3.7-8 via
> rpm at RH8 ,so, libglut.so.3.7 appeared in /usr/lib (but no .h file at /usr/include/GL). Any ideas how to work around this problem? Thanks in advance.

I suspect an annoying (but growing) trend with distro makers that they have TWO versions of every RPM
that relates to libraries - one is the "Development Version" - which comes with headers and binaries,
the other contains *just* the binaries.

I've seen this with the latest version of SuSE and it's *INCREDIBLY* annoying.

The header files take up very little space - and if they install the library without the headers
then it can only be used by binary-only applications.  When you try to install a source-code based
project, it *looks* like the library is installed when you ask RPM about it - but in fact it's
only halfway installed.

We never used to get this kind of complaint - but now I see them all the time.

So, look for a RedHat RPM with "Development" or "Developer" somewhere in it's title - and you'll
have what you need.

Failing that, you can download GLUT and you can either install it yourself - or (if you prefer not
to screw up the existing RPM install) just copy the header files into /usr/include/GL/

GLUT is to be found on www.opengl.org and on www.mesa3d.org - as a part of the Mesa install.

You need 'glut.h'...that's all I think.

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