Enter: How to Install Mesa (Opengl) on Linux Mint

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Part 1of 3:

Preparing Your Linux Mint Operating System for OpenGL Development

1. Open a terminal and enter the following commands to install the necessary libraries for OpenGL development:
   • Entersudo apt-get update
   • Entersudo apt-get install freeglut3
   • Entersudo apt-get install freeglut3-dev
   • Entersudo apt-get install binutils-gold
   • Entersudo apt-get install g++ cmake
   • Entersudo apt-get install libglew-dev
   • Entersudo apt-get install g++
   • Entersudo apt-get install mesa-common-dev
   • Entersudo apt-get install build-essential
   • Entersudo apt-get install libglew1.5-dev libglm-dev
2. Get information about the OpenGL and GLX implementations running on a given X display. To do this, enterglxinfo.

Part 2of 3:

Creating Your First OpenGL Program

1. Open up a terminal. Make a directory, change into the directory and use your favorite text editor such as nano or gedit to create your OpenGL source code. Enter the following commands below.
   • Entermkdir Sample-OpenGL-Programs
     • This will create a directory to hold your OpenGL programs.
   • Entercd Sample-OpenGL-Programs
     • This will change you into your directory.
   • Enternano main.cORgedit main.c
2. Copy and paste OR type the code:

   #include#includevoidrenderFunction(){glClearColor(0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0);glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);glColor3f(1.0,1.0,1.0);glOrtho(-1.0,1.0,-1.0,1.0,-1.0,1.0);glBegin(GL_POLYGON);glVertex2f(-0.5,-0.5);glVertex2f(-0.5,0.5);glVertex2f(0.5,0.5);glVertex2f(0.5,-0.5);glEnd();glFlush();}intmain(intargc,char**argv){glutInit(&argc,argv);glutInitDisplayMode(GLUT_SINGLE);glutInitWindowSize(500,500);glutInitWindowPosition(100,100);glutCreateWindow("OpenGL - First window demo");glutDisplayFunc(renderFunction);glutMainLoop();return0;}

3. Save the file and exit.

Part 3of 3:

Compiling and Running Your OpenGL Application

1. Enter theSample-OpenGL-Programsdirectory. While there, run the following command:
   • g++ main.c -lglut -lGL -lGLEW -lGLU -o OpenGLExample
     • This command will compile and link your OpenGL libraries.
2. Run the program. To do this, type the following:
   • Enter./OpenGLExample
3. Wait for a result. If you did everything right, a window will open. It will show a white square on a black background. The window will be titled "OpenGL - First window demo".