This document provides instructions for installing GLUT on Windows. It details downloading a GLUT package, extracting files, and placing glut.h, glut32.lib, and glut32.dll in the appropriate system directories. It also instructs on adding the necessary library dependencies in a Visual Studio project to link with GLUT.
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This Is GLUT Installation Instruction
This document provides instructions for installing GLUT on Windows. It details downloading a GLUT package, extracting files, and placing glut.h, glut32.lib, and glut32.dll in the appropriate system directories. It also instructs on adding the necessary library dependencies in a Visual Studio project to link with GLUT.
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This is GLUT installation instruction.
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First download this 118 KB GLUT package from Here Extract the downloaded ZIP file and make sure you find the following glut.h glut32.lib glut32.dll If you have a 32 bits operating system, place glut32.dll to C:\Windows\ System32\, if your operating system is 64 bits, place it to 'C:\Windows\ SysWOW64\' (to your system directory)
Place glut.h C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 12\VC\include\
GL\ (NOTE: 12 here refers to your VS version it may be 8 or 10) If you do not find VC and following directories.. go on create it.
Place glut32.lib to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 12\VC\lib\
Now, open visual Studio and
1. Under Visual C++, select Empty Project(or your already existing project) 2. Go to Project -> Properties. Select 'All Configuration' from Configuration dropdown menu on top left corner 3. Select Linker -> Input 4. Now right click on "Additional Dependence" found on Right panel and click Edit now type opengl32.lib glu32.lib glut32.lib (NOTE: Each .lib in new line) That's it... You have successfully installed OpenGL.. Go on and run your program.