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Re: GLUT

 

On 2016-09-14 04:52 AM, Louis Holbrook wrote:
> ldconfig -p suggests GLUT is not available on Ubuntu Touch (OTA-12).
> 
> Does one have to use qt for opengl, or is there a simpler/lighter WM
> available?

Correct.  OpenGL is not available on Ubuntu Touch, iOS, Android, etc.

If you want to use graphics acceleration on mobile devices, you must use OpenGL|ES.  OpenGL|ES is supported by most
modern toolkits including Qt and libSDL.  The last update to GLUT was over 16 years ago, it is not a modern toolkit.

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Stephen M. Webb  <stephen.webb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>


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