I am a linux user. I write OpenGL applications in python but i am going to write OpenGL applications in C++ , but i have a problem. there is no 'GL' folder in '/urs/include' directory and i have not acces to OpenGL headers. what should i do? is there not installed packages?
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4Check out [this question here](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3933027/how-to-get-the-gl-library-headers). – Dave Rager Jun 30 '11 at 16:02
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You have to install it.
For Ubuntu, I think the command is:
sudo apt-get install freeglut3 freeglut3-dev
As this installs everything freeglut depends on.
For other linux distros (I run Arch Linux), just search Google for opengl headers {distro}.
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And `libglw1-mesa`, which is the most important of all. It's an implementation (very well known) of the OpenGL API. – karlphillip Jun 30 '11 at 16:05
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Thanks. I don't run Ubuntu any more, so I knew something was wrong with the command list ;) – Blender Jun 30 '11 at 16:09
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Ubuntu has become a netbook distro IMO, same with GNOME's layout. Arch Linux is my distro of choice now, as at least I can install XFCE without any problems on it... – Blender Jun 30 '11 at 16:13
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@Blender: The same goes for Fedora. Ubuntu and Fedora: Dumbed down Distributions :( On my own machines I run either Gentoo or Arch. Gentoo is great for developers as you have the development for every installed library available without having to install additional developer packages. – datenwolf Jun 30 '11 at 17:28
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You need to install mesa (if you don't have a graphics card with decent drivers). Depending on your distro, there should be an easy way to do this. You'll be interested in mesa-common-dev or libmesa.
On gentoo with an nvidia graphics card, I installed nvidia-drivers and I get the header files with it.
On ubuntu, I installed mesa-common-dev.
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