Randy McMurchy wrote:
Randy McMurchy wrote these words on 05/22/06 14:41 CST:
No. A Glut library is only installed if you install FreeGlut or
the new stand-alone Mesa package. At least that is my understanding
and observation of logs.
Can anyone confirm that the GLUT libraries are installed with the
stand-alone Mesa package?
If you choose to install them.
The reason I ask is because the Xorg7 and Xorg6.9 packages are
supposed to build the same code, yet it is being touted that the
Mesa package (stand-alone, required by Xorg7.0) provides Glut
libraries, yet 6.9 doesn't.
No 6.9 does not include the glut libs or possibility to build them.
This would seem to disprove the theory that Xorg7 and Xorg6.9
provide the same libraries, have identical code base and the
only difference is the build method.
MesaLib is the core package. MesaDemos is a recommened additional
download, and MesaGLUT is an optional additional download. Previous
versions of xfree86 and xorg (including 6.9) did not build GLUT, but
it's always been available in the Mesa distribution. Without the
optional download, xorg-6.9 and xorg-7.0 are the same. That is fixing
to change within the next couple of days.
The three packages weren't split until Mesa 6.x IIRC. I looked up the
exact version back when the instructions first went in. I won't
recommend it as it was never built before and only some need a libglut,
plus there is a choice of which to use now. If you think a note is
needed for Mesa to show the availibility of freeglut, just let me know
and I'll get it in the 7.1 update. Hope that helps clarify it a bit.
-- DJ Lucas
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