The libraries will be found in the following places and will have the
following names:
-- DLL, debug version: freeglut\freeglut\Debug\freeglut.lib
-- DLL, release version: freeglut\freeglut\Release\freeglut.lib
-- Static, debug version: freeglut\freeglut\DebugStatic\freeglut_static.lib
-- Static, release version: freeglut\freeglut\ReleaseStatic\freeglut_static.lib
+- DLL, debug version: freeglut\freeglut\Debug\freeglut.lib
+- DLL, release version: freeglut\freeglut\Release\freeglut.lib
+- Static, debug version: freeglut\freeglut\DebugStatic\freeglut_static.lib
+- Static, release version: freeglut\freeglut\ReleaseStatic\freeglut_static.lib
+
+Starting with VS2008, both 32bit and 64bit builds are available.
+These libraries can instead be found at:
+32bit:
+- DLL, debug version: freeglut\freeglut\lib\x86\Debug\freeglut.lib
+ freeglut\freeglut\lib\x86\Debug\freeglut.dll
+- Static, debug version: freeglut\freeglut\lib\x86\Debug\freeglut_static.lib
+- DLL, release version: freeglut\freeglut\lib\x86\freeglut.lib
+ freeglut\freeglut\lib\x86\freeglut.dll
+- Static, release version: freeglut\freeglut\lib\x86\freeglut_static.lib
+
+64bit:
+- DLL, debug version: freeglut\freeglut\lib\x64\Debug\freeglut.lib
+ freeglut\freeglut\lib\x64\Debug\freeglut.dll
+- Static, debug version: freeglut\freeglut\lib\x64\Debug\freeglut_static.lib
+- DLL, release version: freeglut\freeglut\lib\x64\freeglut.lib
+ freeglut\freeglut\lib\x64\freeglut.dll
+- Static, release version: freeglut\freeglut\lib\x64\freeglut_static.lib
Unlike the *nix release, the library names are NOT automatic replacements for
the GLUT library names. You may rename them manually if you wish, but this is
Building and Installing the Libraries with Open Watcom
======================================================
-To build the "freeglut" libraries, open Watcom and load the "freeglut.wpj"
-file. This will load the two target files. Clicking on the "Make All
-Targets" button will build both the debug and the release versions of both
-libraries.
+Start a command prompt and change directory to the freeglut installation
+directory. Type "wmake -f Makefile.wat all" to build the DLL and static
+libraries in both debug and release versions.
-The "make" script will copy the library files to the Open Watcom library
-folder and will copy "freeglut.dll" to the correct "System32" folder. The
-library files are named "freeglut.lib" for the DLL version and
-"freeglut_static.lib"for the static library.
+To install "freeglut" on your system so that your other projects will see it,
+you will need to copy various files to various locations.
+
+ - The header files "freeglut.h", "freeglut_ext.h", "freeglut_std.h", and
+ "glut.h" (distributed in the directory "freeglut\freeglut\include\GL")
+ need to be copied to a "GL" directory under the Open Watcom 32-bit
+ Windows include directory. This usually has a path similar to
+ "C:\WATCOM\h\nt\GL"
+ - The library file "freeglut.lib" or "freeglut_static.lib" (from the
+ corresponding debug or release directory) needs to be copied into the
+ Open Watcom 32-bit Windows library directory. This usually has a path
+ similar to
+ "C:\WATCOM\lib386\nt"
+ - If you are using the DLL version of "freeglut", the file "freeglut.dll"
+ needs to be copied from the Debug or the Release directory into the
+ DLL directory. This usually has a path similar to
+ "C:\Windows\System32"
+ and will probably already have the files "opengl32.dll" and "glu32.dll".
-You will need to copy the "freeglut" include files from their installed
-location ("freeglut\freeglut\include\GL") to the Open Watcom include directory
-("%WATCOM%\h\nt\GL").
Unlike the *nix release, the library names are NOT automatic replacements for
the GLUT library names. You may rename them manually if you wish, but this is
library file to look for.
-If you don't have MSVC or Open Watcom
-=====================================
+Building and Installing the Libraries with Cygwin
+=================================================
+
+To build "freeglut" under Cygwin, you have two choices:
+
+- You can build a normal Cygwin library, which depends on Cygwin's X11
+ libraries. To do this, you can just use the normal autotools incantation:
+ ./configure && make install
+
+- Alternatively, you can build a DLL which does not depend on X11 and links
+ against the opengl32 DLL. To do this, configure need a few more flags:
+ ./configure CPPFLAGS=-mno-cygwin LDFLAGS=-mno-cygwin --without-x && make install
+
+
+If you don't have MSVC, Open Watcom or Cygwin
+=============================================
The "freeglut" developers' community discussed the possibility of distributing
binaries and decided against it. If you need Windows library files, please
projects / freeglut / blobdiff