CS 370: Resources

This page contains links to useful resources.

• Visual Studio 2013 is available through MSDNAA.
• FreeGLUT the OpenGL window management package we will be using. The package is targetted to Linux, but you can get a distribution for Windows (this package will also work on VS 2013).
• SOIL the Simple OpenGL Image Library package we will be using. I have precompiled libraries for Windows and Mac OSX that can be downloaded in the corresponding installation section below.
• GLEW the OpenGL Extension Wrangler Library package we will be using for shaders (since Windows contains an old version of OpenGL). NOTE: OSX contains a current version of OpenGL and thus does not require GLEW.

FreeGLUT Installation Instructions

Windows 7 (Visual Studio 2013)

1. Download and extract freeglut 2.8.1-1 for MSVC.

2. Copy the contents of the include\GL directory to:

   • (32-bit) C:\Program Files\Windows Kits\8.1\Include\um\gl
   • (64-bit) C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Include\um\gl

3. Copy freeglut.lib from the lib directory (NOT the x64 subdirectory) to:

   • (32-bit) C:\Program Files\Windows Kits\8.1\Lib\win8\um\x86
   • (64-bit) C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Lib\win8\um\x86

4. Copy freeglut.dll from the bin directory (NOT the x64 subdirectory) to:

   • (32-bit) C:\Windows\System32
   • (64-bit) C:\Windows\SysWOW64

Windows 8.1 (Visual Studio 2013)

1. Download and extract freeglut 2.8.1-1 for MSVC.

2. Copy the contents of the include\GL directory to:

   • C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Include\um\gl

3. Copy freeglut.lib from the lib directory (NOT the x64 subdirectory) to:

   • C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Lib\winv6.3\um\x86

4. Copy freeglut.dll from the bin directory (NOT the x64 subdirectory) to:

   • C:\Windows\SysWOW64

Linux (ubuntu)

From a terminal window

$ sudo apt-get install freeglut3-dev

Mac OSX

Install XCode which includes OSX GLUT libraries.

SOIL Installation Instructions

Windows 7 (Visual Studio 2013)

1. Copy the header file in the links to (you will need to make a new SOIL directory):

   • (32-bit header) C:\Program Files\Windows Kits\8.1\Include\um\SOIL
   • (64-bit header) C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Include\um\SOIL

2. Copy the library in the links to:

   • (32-bit library) C:\Program Files\Windows Kits\8.1\Lib\win8\um\x86
   • (64-bit library) C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Lib\win8\um\x86

Windows 8.1 (Visual Studio 2013)

1. Copy the header file in the links to (you will need to make a new SOIL directory):

   • SOIL.h C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Include\um\SOIL

2. Copy the library in the links to:

   • SOIL.lib C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Lib\winv6.3\um\x86

Linux (ubuntu)

From a terminal window

$ sudo apt-get install libsoil-dev

Mac OSX

1. Download the mac header.

2. In a terminal window, from the directory where you downloaded the header file:

   $ sudo mkdir /usr/local/include/SOIL
   
   $ sudo cp SOIL.h /usr/local/include/SOIL/
   

3. Download libSOIL.a.

4. In a terminal window, from the directory where you downloaded the library:

   $ sudo cp libSOIL.a /usr/local/lib/
   

GLEW Installation Instructions

Windows 7 (Visual Studio 2013)

1. Download and extract (be sure to get the Windows 32-bit version even if you are running a 64-bit OS) precompiled binaries.

2. Copy the contents of the include\GL directory to:

   • (32-bit) C:\Program Files\Windows Kits\8.1\Include\um\gl
   • (64-bit) C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Include\um\gl

3. Copy glew32.lib in the lib directory to:

   • (32-bit) C:\Program Files\Windows Kits\8.1\Lib\win8\um\x86
   • (64-bit) C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Lib\win8\um\x86

4. Copy glew32.dll in the bin directory to:

   • (32-bit) C:\Windows\System32
   • (64-bit) C:\Windows\SysWOW64

Windows 8.1 (Visual Studio 2013)

1. Download and extract (be sure to get the Windows 32-bit version even if you are running a 64-bit OS) precompiled binaries.

2. Copy the contents of the include\GL directory to:

   • C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Include\um\gl

3. Copy glew32.lib in the lib directory to:

   • C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Lib\winv6.3\um\x86

4. Copy glew32.dll in the bin directory to:

   • C:\Windows\SysWOW64

Linux (ubuntu)

From a terminal window

$ **sudo apt-get install libglew-dev**

Mac OSX

GLEW is not needed for OSX.