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+<TITLE>Compilation and Installation</TITLE>
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+<BODY text="#000000" bgcolor="#55bbff" link="#111188">
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+
+<H1>Compilation and Installation</H1>
+
+<ol>
+<li><a href="#unix-x11">Unix / X11</a>
+<li><a href="#windows">Windows</a>
+<li><a href="#vms">VMS</a>
+<li><a href="#other">Other</a>
+</ol>
+
+
+
+<a name="unix-x11">
+<H2>1. Unix/X11 Compilation and Installation</H1>
+
+<p>
+Mesa uses a rather conventional Makefile system.
+A GNU autoconf/automake system used to be included, but was discarded
+in Mesa 5.1 because:
+</p>
+<ul>
+<li>It seldom worked on IRIX, Solaris, AIX, etc.
+<li>It was very compilicated
+<li>Nobody maintained it
+<li>libtool was just too weird
+</ul>
+<p>
+If someone strongly feels that Mesa should have a autoconf/automake
+system and wants to contribute one and maintain it, we'll consider
+adding it again.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+In Mesa 6.1 we modified the conventional Makefile system.
+Instead of specifying all the various system configurations in the
+Make-config file, there's a directory named <code>configs/</code> which
+has an individual file for each configuration.
+One of the configs gets copied to <code>configs/current</code>, which
+is then included by all Makefiles.
+</p>
+
+
+<h3>1.1 Compilation</h3>
+
+<p>
+Note: if you've obtained Mesa through CVS, do this first:
+</p>
+<pre>
+ cd Mesa
+ chmod a+x bin/mklib
+</pre>
+
+<p>
+Just type <b>make</b> in the top-level directory.
+You'll see a list of supported system configurations.
+Choose one from the list (such as linux-x86), and type:
+</p>
+<pre>
+ make linux-x86
+</pre>
+<p>
+If you want to rebuild for a different configuration run
+<code>make realclean</code> before rebuilding.
+</p>
+
+
+<h3>1.2 The libraries</h3>
+
+<p>
+When compilation has finished, look in the top-level <b>lib/</b> directory.
+You'll see a set of library files similar to this:
+</p>
+<pre>
+lrwxrwxrwx 1 brian users 10 Mar 26 07:53 libGL.so -> libGL.so.1*
+lrwxrwxrwx 1 brian users 19 Mar 26 07:53 libGL.so.1 -> libGL.so.1.5.060100*
+-rwxr-xr-x 1 brian users 3375861 Mar 26 07:53 libGL.so.1.5.060100*
+lrwxrwxrwx 1 brian users 11 Mar 26 07:53 libGLU.so -> libGLU.so.1*
+lrwxrwxrwx 1 brian users 20 Mar 26 07:53 libGLU.so.1 -> libGLU.so.1.3.060100*
+-rwxr-xr-x 1 brian users 549269 Mar 26 07:53 libGLU.so.1.3.060100*
+lrwxrwxrwx 1 brian users 12 Mar 26 07:53 libglut.so -> libglut.so.3*
+lrwxrwxrwx 1 brian users 16 Mar 26 07:53 libglut.so.3 -> libglut.so.3.7.1*
+-rwxr-xr-x 1 brian users 597754 Mar 26 07:53 libglut.so.3.7.1*
+lrwxrwxrwx 1 brian users 11 Mar 26 08:04 libGLw.so -> libGLw.so.1*
+lrwxrwxrwx 1 brian users 15 Mar 26 08:04 libGLw.so.1 -> libGLw.so.1.0.0*
+-rwxr-xr-x 1 brian users 20750 Mar 26 08:04 libGLw.so.1.0.0*
+lrwxrwxrwx 1 brian users 14 Mar 26 07:53 libOSMesa.so -> libOSMesa.so.6*
+lrwxrwxrwx 1 brian users 23 Mar 26 07:53 libOSMesa.so.6 -> libOSMesa.so.6.1.060100*
+-rwxr-xr-x 1 brian users 23871 Mar 26 07:53 libOSMesa.so.6.1.060100*
+</pre>
+
+<p>
+<b>libGL</b> is the main OpenGL library (i.e. Mesa).
+<br>
+<b>libGLU</b> is the OpenGL Utility library.
+<br>
+<b>libglut</b> is the GLUT library.
+<br>
+<b>libGLw</b> is the Xt/Motif OpenGL drawing area widget library.
+<br>
+<b>libOSMesa</b> is the OSMesa (Off-Screen) interface library.
+</p>
+
+
+<h3>1.3 Running the demos</h3>
+
+<p>
+If you downloaded/unpacked the MesaDemos-x.y.z.tar.gz archive or
+obtained Mesa from CVS, the <b>progs/</b> directory will contain a
+bunch of demonstration programs.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Before running a demo, you may have to set an environment variable
+(such as <b>LD_LIBRARY_PATH</b> on Linux) to indicate where the
+libraries are located. For example:
+<p>
+<blockquote>
+<b>cd</b> into the Mesa <b>lib/</b> directory.
+<br>
+<b>setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH ${cwd}</b> (if using csh or tcsh shell)
+<br>
+or,
+<br>
+<b>export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${PWD}</b> (if using bash or sh shell)
+</blockquote>
+
+<p>
+Next, change to the Mesa/demos/ directory:
+</p>
+<blockquote>
+<b>cd ../progs/demos</b>
+</blockquote>
+
+<p>
+Run a demo such as gears:
+</p>
+<blockquote>
+<b>./gears</b>
+</blockquote>
+
+<p>
+If this doesn't work, try the <b>Mesa/progs/xdemos/glxinfo</b> program
+and see that it prints the expected Mesa version number.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+If you're using Linux or a similar OS, verify that the demo program is
+being linked with the proper library files:
+</p>
+<blockquote>
+<b>ldd gears</b>
+</blockquote>
+
+<p>
+You should see something like this:
+</p>
+<pre>
+ libglut.so.3 => /home/brian/Mesa/lib/libglut.so.3 (0x40013000)
+ libGLU.so.1 => /home/brian/Mesa/lib/libGLU.so.1 (0x40051000)
+ libGL.so.1 => /home/brian/Mesa/lib/libGL.so.1 (0x400e0000)
+ libc.so.6 => /lib/i686/libc.so.6 (0x42000000)
+ libm.so.6 => /lib/i686/libm.so.6 (0x403da000)
+ libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x403fc000)
+ libXmu.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXmu.so.6 (0x404da000)
+ libXt.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6 (0x404f1000)
+ libXi.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXi.so.6 (0x40543000)
+ libstdc++.so.5 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5 (0x4054b000)
+ libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x405fd000)
+ libXext.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6 (0x40605000)
+ libpthread.so.0 => /lib/i686/libpthread.so.0 (0x40613000)
+ /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x40000000)
+ libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x40644000)
+ libSM.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libSM.so.6 (0x40647000)
+ libICE.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.so.6 (0x40650000)
+</pre>
+
+<p>
+Retrace your steps if this doesn't look right.
+</p>
+
+
+<H3>1.4 Installing the header and library files</H3>
+
+<p>
+The standard location for the OpenGL header files on Unix-type systems is
+in <code>/usr/include/GL/</code>.
+The standard location for the libraries is <code>/usr/lib/</code>.
+For more information see, the
+<a href="http://oss.sgi.com/projects/ogl-sample/ABI/" target="_parent">
+Linux/OpenGL ABI specification</a>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+If you'd like Mesa to co-exist with another implementation of OpenGL that's
+already installed, you'll have to choose different directories, like
+<code>/usr/local/include/GL/</code> and <code>/usr/local/lib/</code>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+To install Mesa's headers and libraries, run <code>make install</code>
+You'll be prompted to enter alternative directories for the headers
+and libraries.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Note: at runtime, you can set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH (on Linux) to switch
+between the Mesa libs and another vendor libs whenever you want.
+This is a handy way to compare multiple OpenGL implementations.
+</p>
+
+
+
+<a name="windows">
+<H2>2. Windows Compilation and Installation</H1>
+
+<p>
+Please see the <a href="README.WIN32">README.WIN32</a> file.
+</p>
+
+
+
+
+<a name="vms">
+<H2>3. VMS Compilation and Installation</H1>
+
+<p>
+Please see the <a href="README.VMS">README.VMS</a> file.
+</p>
+
+
+
+
+<a name="other">
+<H2>4. Other systems</H1>
+
+<p>
+Documentation for other environments (some may be very out of date):
+</p>
+
+<UL>
+<LI><A HREF="README.GGI">README.GGI</A> - GGI
+<LI><A HREF="README.3DFX">README.3DFX</A> - 3Dfx/Glide driver
+<LI><A HREF="README.AMIWIN">README.AMIWIN</A> - Amiga Amiwin
+<LI><A HREF="README.BEOS">README.BEOS</A> - BeOS
+<LI><A HREF="README.D3D">README.D3D</A> - Direct3D driver
+<LI><A HREF="README.DJ">README.DJ</A> - DJGPP
+<LI><A HREF="README.LYNXOS">README.LYNXOS</A> - LynxOS
+<LI><A HREF="README.MINGW32">README.MINGW32</A> - Mingw32
+<LI><A HREF="README.NeXT">README.NeXT</A> - NeXT
+<LI><A HREF="README.OpenStep">README.OpenStep</A> - OpenStep
+<LI><A HREF="README.OS2">README.OS2</A> - OS/2
+<LI><A HREF="README.WINDML">README.WINDML</A> - WindML
+</UL>
+
+
+
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