Problems Installing Fedora, openGL

[ClintD]

Hi,

I recently set up Fedora Core 6 on my machine in order to use some simulation packages for a college project. I think I have the operating system set up for the most part, and even have some of the simulation packages set up, but the final simulation package (Gazebo) requires openGL (and maybe GLX? SGIX?)

The problem is I really have no clue what I'm doing. I've tried searching on how to get these up and running, but I seem to be getting nowhere. Each software package seems to require some other package which requires something else. Then I finally download them and follow the directions, but they don't seem to work as is expected. Being new to Linux doesn't help.

My current understaing of it is as follows: OpenGL is 3D rendering software for video cards. I need a version compatible with Fedora Linux, but it also has to work with X11R6? And I might need a specific addon or version of openGL called GLX or SGIX, which has to work with my Matrox Millenium G450 video card. And there is something about XFree86. I really don't know what most of that stuff means.

I was just wondering if anybody has installed openGL for Fedora 6, or could atleast explain things to me properly (what do I need? what are each of those things listed above and how do they interact?). Is there an easy way to install this?

Thanks for any help you might be able to offer! I really appreciate it.

[markkuk]

Originally Posted by ClintD

Each software package seems to require some other package which requires something else.

That's why Fedora has yum which resolves the dependencies and downloads required packages automatically.

Originally Posted by ClintD

I was just wondering if anybody has installed openGL for Fedora 6, or could atleast explain things to me properly

FC6 includes Mesa, which is essentially the same, but can't be legally called OpenGL due to trademark reasons. The package is called "mesa-libGL". It should be already installed in a Fedora system with a graphical desktop. If you need to compile programs that use OpenGL, you must install the mesa-libGL-devel package.

[ClintD]

So is yum the Package Manager found by Going to Applications->Add/Remove Software? If I do already have it on my system and don't need to set it up, correct?

I think I already have the 'mesa-libGL' installed (its checked in the Package Manager), but this simulation package (Gazebo) still wont install.

The exact message I get is:

checking GL/gl.h usability... yes
checking GL/gl.h presence... yes
checking for GL/gl.h... yes
checking GL/glu.h usability... yes
checking GL/glu.h presence... yes
checking for GL/glu.h... yes
checking GL/glut.h usability... no
checking GL/glut.h presence... no
checking for GL/glut.h... no
configure: error: Could not find (one of) gl.h glu.h glut.h; OpenGL is required to build Gazebo.

Though, I think yesterday it wasn't showing gl.h or glu.h, we've got something working better now.

Any suggestions on what 'glut.h' is and how to get it?

[lazlow]

As stated above:

If you need to compile programs that use OpenGL, you must install the mesa-libGL-devel package.

[ClintD]

Right, I did install the 'mesa-libGL-dev', and gl, and glu started working afterwards.
I also needed to install 'freeglut' for glut apparently, in order to finish getting the simulation package running.

I think its working now! Thanks for all the help!

[dami]

Hi! I have FC5 running and have the same problems with Gazebo and dependancy collection and proper installation. I am some what of a novice at linux. Will the same advice work for FC5?

[dami]

Here is the error I am getting. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated?

[root@ymeng10 /]# gazebo /usr/local/share/gazebo/worlds/example.world
** Gazebo 0.7.0 **
* Part of the Player/Stage Project [http://playerstage.sourceforge.net].
* Copyright 2000-2005 Brian Gerkey, Richard Vaughan, Andrew Howard,
* Nate Koenig and contributors.
* Released under the GNU General Public License.using display [:0.0]
************************************************** *********************************
X Error of failed request: GLXUnsupportedPrivateRequest
Major opcode of failed request: 143 (GLX)
Minor opcode of failed request: 16 (X_GLXVendorPrivate)
Serial number of failed request: 21
Current serial number in output stream: 22