CS 370: Resources

This page contains links to useful resources.

• Visual Studio 2015 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 8.1 (Visual Studio 2015)

1. Open Visual Studio 2015. Select File->New->Project. Under the Templates tab expand Other Languages. Select Visual C++. Select Install Visual C++ 2015 Tools for Windows Desktop. Follow the installation procedure to setup the necessary Windows SDK.

2. Download and extract freeglut 3.0.0 MSVC Package.

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

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

4. 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

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

   • C:\Windows\SysWOW64

Windows 10 (Visual Studio 2015)

1. Open Visual Studio 2015. Select File->New->Project. Under the Templates tab expand Other Languages. Select Visual C++. Select Install Visual C++ 2015 Tools for Windows Desktop. Follow the installation procedure to setup the necessary Windows SDK.

2. Download and extract freeglut 3.0.0 MSVC Package.

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

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

4. 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

5. 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 from the App Store.

Then in a terminal window

$ sudo xcode-select --install

to install the command line tools.

SOIL Installation Instructions

Windows 8.1 (Visual Studio 2015)

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

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

2. Copy the library SOIL.lib to:

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

Windows 10 (Visual Studio 2015)

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

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

2. Copy the library SOIL.lib to:

   • 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 8.1 (Visual Studio 2015)

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\Release\Win32 directory to:

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

4. Copy glew32.dll in the bin\Release\Win32 directory to:

   • C:\Windows\SysWOW64

Windows 10 (Visual Studio 2015)

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\Release\Win32 directory to:

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

4. Copy glew32.dll in the bin\Release\Win32 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.