what do you get when you run

apt-cache search xlibmesa-glu

The output of it might give you a clue as to what package you have to 
install with apt-get

On 07/06/2014 07:56 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
> after further searching this is what I turned up. 
> http://lordamit.blogspot.com/2012/07/installing-opengl-in-linux-mint-ubuntu.html Will 
> this do anything bad for the system or useless? What about the sample 
> code that he included?
>
>
>   Installing openGL in Linux Mint / Ubuntu for Graphics Lab
>   <http://lordamit.blogspot.com/2012/07/installing-opengl-in-linux-mint-ubuntu.html>
>
> This is fairly simple actually.
>
> All you have to do is to install the following things in your Linux 
> distro.
>
> sudo apt-get install freeglut3
> sudo apt-get install freeglut3-dev
> sudo apt-get install binutils-gold
> And you are done :)
>
> Here is a sample code for you:
>
> /*
>   * File:   main.cpp
>   * Author: lordamit
>   *
>   * Created on July 9, 2012, 12:53 PM
>   */
>
> #include <GL/glut.h>
> using namespace std;
>
> void draw(void) {
>      
>      //set Background color
>      glClearColor(1, 0, 0, 1);
>      glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
>      //Draw color
>      glFlush();
>
> }
>
> //Main program
>
> int main(int argc, char **argv) {
>
>      glutInit(&argc, argv);
>      
>      glutInitDisplayMode(GLUT_SINGLE | GLUT_RGB);
>      
>      //set window position
>      glutInitWindowPosition(50, 25);
>      
>      //set window size
>      glutInitWindowSize(500, 250);
>      
>      //set window name
>      glutCreateWindow("My window");
>      
>      //Call to the drawing function
>      glutDisplayFunc(draw);
>      
>      glutMainLoop();
>      return 0;
> }
>
> Save this file using name program.c and compile it using
> gcc -lGL -lglut program.c -o program
>
> And execute it using
> ./program
>
> You are done!
>
>
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 6, 2014 at 7:44 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com 
> <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     nope... it didn't help any. I tried --fix-missing --fix-broken an
>     -f . Then I reran install and same error.
>
>     :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
>
>     On Sun, Jul 6, 2014 at 7:17 PM, Walter Mack <wmack@componentsw.com
>     <mailto:wmack@componentsw.com>> wrote:
>
>         maybe this will fix it:
>
>         sudo apt-get update
>         sudo apt-get --fix-missing
>         then try sudo apt-get install again
>
>
>
>         On 07/06/2014 06:57 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
>>         I had it working before but don't know how I did itthis is
>>         what the readme file says (in part)
>>         *Linux*
>>         You'll need to make sure the appropriate OpenGL drivers are
>>         installed, plus these libraries:
>>         * /libSDL 1.2/
>>         * /libSDL_image/
>>         * /OpenAL/
>>         (Note: To use the client provided with the Linux package, you
>>         will need /OpenAL-Soft/ instead of OpenAL, otherwise you will
>>         need to compile your own client if you would rather use
>>         normal OpenAL).
>>
>>         I know what they want me to do but googling it is confusing.
>>         HOw do I do this. this is what I was told to do and the result:
>>
>>         bmike1@Presario1:~$ sudo apt-get install xlibmesa-gl
>>         xlibmesa-glu mesa-utils libgl1-mesa-dri libgl1-mesa-glx
>>         libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 libgl1-mesa-dri
>>         Reading package lists... Done
>>         Building dependency tree
>>         Reading state information... Done
>>         E: Unable to locate package xlibmesa-gl
>>         E: Unable to locate package xlibmesa-glu
>>         bmike1@Presario1:~$
>>
>>         :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
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