Strange compilation error after installing freeglut

Question

I followed this installation video to install Dev C++ and freeglut for a class, and I did so precisely according to the instructions, but I'm getting a strange compilation error when I toss in some prewritten test code to try and figure it out.

The teacher speculates that it might have something to do with not having freeglut.h but as this picture shows, it is indeed there. I need to have this working for class, if anyone can give me any advice that would be awesome.

UPDATE: I tried changing the header file at the suggested point, but that didn't help much... I checked the source header file and it looked like the below picture in Notepad. Perhaps it has to do with Dev C++?

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 13 '17 at 04:35

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It looks like the header file got mangled. Your picture shows this:

#ifdef __cplusplus
#endif
    extern "C" {

but that doesn't make sense. It should be this:

#ifdef __cplusplus
    extern "C" {
#endif

answered Apr 13 '17 at 04:35

jdigital

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I gave that suggestion a shot and updated my post accordingly. What could this be? – Legion Daeth Apr 13 '17 at 05:50
could be something in main.cpp – jdigital Apr 14 '17 at 01:53

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 18 '17 at 20:38

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Try opening the project in a blank application! That video asks you to open a console application which doesn't make sense for graphical code.

answered Apr 18 '17 at 20:38

Legion Daeth

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Strange compilation error after installing freeglut

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