Re: Confused between mesa and openGL
Re: Confused between mesa and openGL
On Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 01:42:28PM -0400, gamal akabani wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a question. I am a bit confused about mesa and openGL.
> I am trying to install a program which requires mesa.
> What is mesa and what is openGL?
> How do I know which openGL libraries I have and their location.
> Are these libraries equivalent to mesa? Are there any differences?
> I believe X11 b3 installs all necessary libraries for openGl and they are
> located in usr/X11R6/
As I understand it, OpenGL is the standard, as created by SGI some years
ago, and Mesa is an implementation of it.
Tim
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Dr Tim Cutts
Informatics Systems Group
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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