Install Mesa(OpenGL) 7.7 on Ubuntu Linux 9.10

OpenGL : mesa

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MesaLib-7.7 on Ubuntu Linux 9.10

You can install them with "Synaptic Package Manager" replacing the apt-get command.

1. libdrm-2.4.17

 $ wget

 $ bunzip2 < libdrm-2.4.17.tar.bz2 | tar xf -

 $ ./configure

 $ sudo make

 $ sudo make install

2. dri2proto-2.2

 $ wget 

 $ bunzip2 < dri2proto-2.2.tar.bz2 | tar xf -

2.1 xutils-dev-7.5+2 (xorg-macros.pc)

 It's referred to by dri2proto

 $ wget http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/pool/main/x/xutils-dev/xutils-dev_7.5+2_i386.deb

 $ sudo dpkg -i xutils-dev_7.5+2_i386.deb

 $ cd dri2proto-2.2

 $ ./configure

 $ sudo make install

3. MesaLib-7.7

 

 

4. for /usr/include/GL

 $ sudo apt-get install x11proto-gl-dev

 $ sudo apt-get install mesa-common-dev

5. libxt-dev-1.0.5

 $ sudo apt-get install libxt-dev

6. libxxf86vm-dev-1.0.2

 $ sudo apt-get install libxxf86vm-dev

7. The mesa lib

 Suppose the archives downloaded are .bz2 formats.

 $ tar xjf MesaLib-7.7.tar.bz2

 $ tar xjf MesaGLUT-7.7.tar.bz2        (useful)

 $ tar xjf MesaDemos-7.7.tar.bz2       (optional)

 libxmu-dev-1.0.4 (for glut)

 $ cd ~

 $ sudo apt-get install libxmu-dev

 $ cd ~/Mesa-7.7

 $ sudo ./configure

 $ sudo make

 $ sudo make install

 (installed in /usr/local/lib)

8. compile application

 $ cd /usr/local/lib

 $ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${PWD} 

 $ export LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=${PWD}

 $ gcc `pkg-config --cflags --libs glut` mymesa.c -o mymesa

8.1 demo

 $ cd ~/Mesa-7.7/progs/demos

 $ ./gears

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