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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