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There are many, many, graphics libraries to choose from. One of the more popular 2D ones is the SDL. The SDL is a "multimedia toolkit" with support for audio, video, cdrom, mouse, joystick, and timer support. Another is Allegro.
Most people reading this page don't need to know about a 3D graphics library, but anyhow. The most popular 3D graphics libraries are OpenGL and DirectX. 3D graphics is many, many times more difficult than 2D graphics
This is a completely biased statement. First off it's impossible to say that SDL is the 'most popular' 2D library out there when there are about 2 books I even know of about SDL and hundreds and hundreds for using 2D in 3D with OGL or D3D. I would even say that Allegro beats SDL in popularity.