Thread: I have trouble installing external libraries

I've been wanting to use OpenGl or such programs for a while but whenever I try to install any external library some how I don't do something right and it never works. I know you should copy and paste the correct things into the include and bin directories so I do that then put the correct linkers in the linker settings but I never seem to get it right(I use code::blocks)

Okay so I followed a tutorial to get this code to try glut...

Code:

#include<gl\glut.h>//This header file contains all the commands for the OpenGL Utility Toolkit

//function to initialize GLUT settings
void init()
{
    glClearColor(0,0,0,0);//(NEW) we define the background color here
}


//The function where all the drawing occurs
void display()
{
    glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);//Clear the screen


    glFlush();//Draw everything to the screen
    glutPostRedisplay();//Tell the program to refresh
}


int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
    glutInit(&argc, argv);//initialize GLUT.
    glutInitWindowSize(800,600);//define the window size as 800 pixels wide and 600 pixels high    glutInitWindowPosition(10,50);//Set the window position at (10,50)
    glutInitDisplayMode(GLUT_SINGLE|GLUT_RGB);//Set the initial display mode
    glutCreateWindow("Lesson 1");//Create our window
    init();//call init()
    glutDisplayFunc(display);//tell GLUT what our display function is
    glutMainLoop();//Tell the program we are not done yet
}

but i get these errors.. what am i doing wrong?

Code:

obj\Debug\main.o||In function `glutInit_ATEXIT_HACK':|
C:\Program Files\CodeBlocks\MinGW\bin\..\lib\gcc\mingw32\3.4.5\..\..\..\..\include\gl\glut.h|483|undefined reference to `___glutInitWithExit@12'|
obj\Debug\main.o||In function `glutCreateWindow_ATEXIT_HACK':|
C:\Program Files\CodeBlocks\MinGW\bin\..\lib\gcc\mingw32\3.4.5\..\..\..\..\include\gl\glut.h|500|undefined reference to `___glutCreateWindowWithExit@8'|
obj\Debug\main.o||In function `glutCreateMenu_ATEXIT_HACK':|
C:\Program Files\CodeBlocks\MinGW\bin\..\lib\gcc\mingw32\3.4.5\..\..\..\..\include\gl\glut.h|546|undefined reference to `___glutCreateMenuWithExit@8'|
||=== Build finished: 3 errors, 0 warnings ===|

You're not linking the lib file. You need to add the OpenGL libs to the list of libraries with which to link. See the Code:Blocks FAQ

Okay so all I have to do is add in what to link where i have the .h and .a file in the include and lib folders of the compiler.. correct? Then I go to link libraries under linker settings, and there I have the following libraries... opengl32, glu32, glut32