OK, so before I accidentally switched to Linux, I was working with OpenGL on Windows make some arcade game clones. From searching it appears that there are a few library's to choose from that implement OpenGL with Linux (I think). I'm completly new to Linux and don't know what libs, dll's (or the Linux equivalent), and headers I need. If someone could link me to and article they know of, or just briefly explain that would be awesome.
Thank you,
David
edit: Using codeblocks btw
Most X11 installs include the OpenGL headers and libraries. You'll need to include GL/glx.h, GL/gl.h, and you'll probably want GL/glu.h.
The names of the libraries you need to link with escape me right now. They might be as simple as libgl and libglu.
I think its the xlibmesa? When I was working in Windows I had to link the libs aswell, Is there anything I need to link in Linux?
With GCC or g++, to link to a library called libsomething.a, you use the -lsomething command line option, after everything else. The -l (lowercase L) options have to be after the source and/or object files for the options to be applied to them.
I'm not sure exactly which libraries you need to link to, but AverageSoftware's suggestion sounds about right.
Note that on Linux, the case of the libraries matters too, so try uppercase and lowercase.Code:$ gcc *.o -lGL -lGLu
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Actually I found it was called mesa-common-dev. It also installed .so lib files which is what I was asking about.
Also, try listing GLu before GL.
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