On 3/21/07, Jorge Almeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 21 Mar 2007, Randy McMurchy wrote: > > > Jorge Almeida wrote these words on 03/21/07 09:42 CST: > >> make fails with freeglut-2.4.0. (Current stable version of the BLFS > >> book.) > >> > >> Is Mesa required? I didn't install it, since I use a Nvidia driver. > > > > Yes, GL libraries would be required. You could always install just > > the GLUT library from the Mesa distribution. There was just a recent > > thread on this. See the 'Xorg-7.1 + Mesa-6.5 thread in this forum. > > > Yes, I'll probably need Mesa, just to keep other packages happy. > Maybe I should ask a different question: Do I need a GLUT library? From > the "Introduction to freeglut", it appears it is needed for > developpement. Is this right? The only reason I tried to install > freeglut is that it is an optional dependency of LibTIFF, which is an > optional dependency of little cms-1.15, which is required for > libmng-1.0.9, which is recommended for QT. > So, maybe it isn't needed after all, for someone who wants KDE but who > is not a develloper? > > The reason I didn't install Mesa was its dependencies, plus the fact > that the Nvidia driver provides acceleration and won't use Mesa. > Of course, I may have misunderstood it all. > > Thanks, > > Jorge Almeida
I have also KDE(QT) installed without Mesa, and well it keeps tracking me, i probably going for a reinstall of those apps after installing Mesa. OpenGL is used more then you might think ;) KDE and QT will run fine without Mesa, and like it says, it is optional for the library's If you can Mesa install without any problems, do it :) If you get errors and stuff and takes too much time, you can probably forget it, until you reach the day you want to run an app which requires OpenGL :) Tijnema > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html > Unsubscribe: See the above information page > -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
