Installing OpenGL libraries in Linux Mint
CS-116a: Introduction to Computer Graphics
Instructor: Rob Bruce
Fall 2016
OBJECTIVE: to install the OpenGL (freeGlut) libraries on your Linux mint distribution.
- Launch a terminal window (also known as a command line prompt or shell).
Step 1 of 3: In terminal window, log in as root
- In your terminal window type the following at the command prompt: su
- You will be prompted to enter the root password. Enter that password.
- Your terminal window should now display a "#" (hash mark) prompt. This indicates you are logged in as root!
Step 2 of 3: In terminal window, type the following command as root
- First we need to update our cache of software libraries that are available to install or update.
- In your terminal window type the following at the command prompt (you should be root): apt-get update
Step 3 of 3: In terminal window, type the following command as root
- In your terminal window type the following at the command prompt (you should be root): apt-get install freeglut3 freeglut3-dev libxmu-dev libxmu-headers libxi-dev
You now have the freeGLUT OpenGL libraries installed!
- Suggestion: You may wish to download, compile, and run one of my OpenGL programs (e.g. mouse_keyboard_click_position or rotating_camera_demo) to make sure your libraries are installed correctly.
Robert Bruce
Research
Courses
Fall 2016, CS-116A:
Lectures:
- Introduction to OpenGL and GLUT
- Fractals
- Splines
- Mesh: Vertices, Edges, and Faces
- Event driven programming, capturing keypresses and mouse clicks
- Camera and clipping plane
- Animating the camera
- Light and Color (part 1 of 2)
- Light and Color (part 2 of 2)
- Graphics File Formats
- Creating mouse-driven menus in GLUT
- Developing Graphical user interface widgets with OpenGL
- Hidden surface removal
- GLSL: OpenGL Shading Language (part 1 of 2)
- GLSL: OpenGL Shading Language (part 2 of 2)
- Accelerated Graphics Hardware (GPU)
- Metaballs and Blobbies
- Linear transformations
- Coordinate systems in OpenGL
- Introduction to Blender
- Algorithmic animation and modelling (part 1 of 2)
- Algorithmic animation and modelling (part 2 of 2)
- Squash, Stretch, and Bounce: The twelve principles of animation
- Character Rigging for animation
- Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality
- Introduction to WebGL
Assignments:
Handouts:
- Creating a bootable Linux Mint flash drive
- How to update software on Linux Mint
- Installing OpenGL libraries in Linux Mint
Programs:
Other
