Next step was getting GLEW, the book also recommended compiling these files locally so I got them and attempted to make to be met with 'config' is not recognized, 'test' is not recognized and eventually 'Platform '' not supported'. So when nothing came of it I said screw it, and downloaded the compiled binaries then put them in their respective folders in my project directory. (side note, I noticed there is also a makefile in the src folder of the directory and ran make on it as well to get an affirmative message, but zero change in the directory) Except all I get are a bunch of test exe files and no dlls or header files. With zero instruction from any sources I just attempted to go to the root of my output folder and in cmd ran cmake again, this yeilded a makefile in the same directory, but it doesnt seem like the correct way to go about compiling the libraries.Įither way, I had a makefile so I ran mingw32-make on the folder and got a nice long list of good messages that make it seem as though glfw has been compiled as I want (yay!). This gave me a folder with random files to my knowledge.

Following the install instructions for windows GLFW I downloaded Cmake and ran it on the root directory of GLFW using mingw32-gcc-4.9.3.exe as my c compiler and mingw32-c++.exe as my c++ compiler.

I did download the binaries for GLFW and this is where I ran into my first problem. Now, the book states you get all the OpenGL necessities with my Nvidia card driver, so I have not downloaded any OpenGl binaries. I have college background in C and C++, but I am re-familiarizing myself with the business of compiling and makefiles. My system setup is windows 7, I'd like to work in 32bit architecture and use a simple text editor (notepad++) to do development not an IDE.

So, I am using this book to learn and I still cannot get everything installed directly. Well now with Vulkan released I would really like to learn graphics API programming, but heard Vulkan is a bad place to start. I've tried to do this probably 5 or 6 times in the past few years, but always become too frustrated and given up. Hello, I am hoping someone can help me finally overcome the setup process involved with openGl.

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