Well to have the necessary headers on your machine, you should install freeglut-devel, mesa-libGL-devel, and mesa-libGLU-devel. Then try compiling your program again. Adam On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:34:25 +0800 Ocean Spring wrote: > Dear all, > > yes, my intention is do OpenGL programming under linux. so what should i do > then. > and i do need to compile a openGL/Mesa program. > > please give me more advices. > > thank you > > OS > > On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 6:08 PM, Adam K Kirchhoff wrote: > > > On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:57:26 -0400 > > Ocean Spring wrote: > > > > > > > > and i tried to run some opengl program, it failed. after i read some > > > articles on Internet, it needs glut.h header file. > > > then i installed freeglut. > > > > > It would be helpful to know what program you are trying to run and what > > error you are receiving. > > > > If you really are just trying to run a program, as compared to > > compiling one, you almost certainly do not need glut.h. If you are > > trying to compile a program, and it does in fact need glut.h, you would > > have to install the freeglut-devel package. In Fedora (as with many > > linux distributions), the header files needed for compiling programs > > are included in -devel packages, separate from the libraries and > > binaries needed to run programs. > > > > Adam > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA > > is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your > > developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay > > ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register now! > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf > > _______________________________________________ > > Mesa3d-users mailing list > > Mesa3d-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mesa3d-users > > > > > > -- > --------- > www.vislab.cn ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf _______________________________________________ Mesa3d-users mailing list Mesa3d-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mesa3d-users