Finding an Install of OpenGL for 64 Bit Windows

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Finding an Install of OpenGL for 64 Bit Windows

I am trying to get started on opengl programming from the videotutorialsrock.com site. It wants me to install GLUT and the OpenGL SDK. I was able to download GLUT successfully but the link he has on this page http://www.videotutorialsrock.com/opengl%5Ftutorial/get%5Fopengl%5Fsetup%5Fwindows/text.php does not work on my 64 bit Windows 7 install.

I tried going to the OpenGL page and did not find a download. I am not very familiar with OpenGL just yet so I am hesitant to just download some OpenGL library and go from there.

What should I download?

You don't need to install OpenGL, it's part of Windows. For GLUT just get the source code of freeglut and compile it as a 64bit lib.

Simon H. 2009-11-26 21:42:58

Here is the link...http://freeglut.sourceforge.net/index.php

Simon H. 2009-11-26 21:44:29

Do I not need a lib library for the OpenGLSDK? He points the path variable to it.

bobber205 2009-11-26 21:46:53

There also seems to be a OpenGLSDK/include directory I need as well.

bobber205 2009-11-26 21:48:13

Well, you need to link to the OpenGL32.lib wich is part of the Windows SDK.The WindowsSDK contains everything you need to start with OpenGL programming, except for GLUT.

Simon H. 2009-11-26 21:53:14

Take a look at this. It is a bit outdated but it will give you some of the basics...http://www.glprogramming.com/red/

Simon H. 2009-11-26 21:56:22

Really all you need to do is include the OpenGL headers (or GLUT headers) and link to the OpenGL32.lib.

Simon H. 2009-11-26 21:58:27

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The .DLL will already be installed as part of Windows

The .LIB file can be found in the Windows Platform SDK ( http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=484269E2-3B89-47E3-8EB7-1F2BE6D7123A&displaylang=en )

If you're using MinGW instead of Visual Studio, the .a (.lib equivalent) should have been installed with the rest of MinGW.

The following blog post may also prove helpful: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=484269E2-3B89-47E3-8EB7-1F2BE6D7123A&displaylang=en

Adam Luchjenbroers 2009-11-26 21:52:04

The example is now running successfully. I put the glut.lib and glut.dll file in the project directory and included the glut files in VS C++ 2008 in the include directories. The SDK path is already included with the default options of the VS C++ 2008 IDE so I guess that was all it took.

bobber205 2009-11-26 22:07:04

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