openGL question...

[grim918]

how do i install the openGL library to use with the g++ compiler. im new to linux and could really use some help

[Lux Perpetua]

I think you need to install xlibmesa-gl, xlibmesa-gl-dev, xlibmesa-glu, xlibmesa-glu-dev via apt-get or synaptic.

[fct]

Most OpenGL tutorials use the GLUT library that provides additions like window managing and input processing. For that, you only need to apt-get install libglut3-dev and compile with the flag -lglut.