[Plib-users] Re: Compiling on a machine with NVidia's drivers

[Jeff L. <lo...@sl...>]

> 
> Can't get plib-1.6.0 to ./configure on my laptop, which uses a GeForce 2 
> Go card with recent NVidia drivers (from their site).  I assume this is 
> due to the fact that NVidia messes with the previously installed OpenGL 
> stuff:
> 
> [root@lapdance: /usr/local/src/plib-1.6.0]$ ./configure
> 
> <snip>
> 
> checking for glNewList in -lGL... yes
> checking for gluLookAt in -lGLU... no
> checking for gluLookAt in -lMesaGLU... no
> configure: error: could not find working GLU library

There's a good chance your libGLU is located elsewhere (like 
/usr/X11R6/lib).  I've had to run './configure  --with-GL=/usr/X11R6' in 
the past when that has happened.

Jeff Long