Primary Mesa download site:
<a href="ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/">ftp.freedesktop.org</a> (FTP)
or <a href="https://mesa.freedesktop.org/archive/">mesa.freedesktop.org</a>
-(HTTP).
+(HTTPS).
</p>
<p>
<p>
When a new release is coming, release candidates (betas) may be found
-<a href="ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/beta/">here</a>.
+in the same directory, and are recognisable by the
+<tt>mesa-Y.N.P-<b>rc</b>X.tar.gz</tt> filename.
</p>
<h1>Unpacking</h1>
<p>
-Mesa releases are available in three formats: .tar.bz2, .tar.gz, and .zip
+Mesa releases are available in two formats: <tt>.tar.xz</tt> and <tt>.tar.gz</tt>.
</p>
<p>
-To unpack .tar.gz files:
-</p>
-<pre>
- tar zxf MesaLib-x.y.z.tar.gz
-</pre>
-or
+To unpack the tarball:
<pre>
- gzcat MesaLib-x.y.z.tar.gz | tar xf -
+ tar xf mesa-Y.N.P.tar.xz
</pre>
or
<pre>
- gunzip MesaLib-x.y.z.tar.gz ; tar xf MesaLib-x.y.z.tar
+ tar xf mesa-Y.N.P.tar.gz
</pre>
-<p>
-To unpack .tar.bz2 files:
</p>
-<pre>
- bunzip2 -c MesaLib-x.y.z.tar.gz | tar xf -
-</pre>
-<p>
-To unpack .zip files:
-</p>
-<pre>
- unzip MesaLib-x.y.z.zip
-</pre>
<h1>Contents</h1>
After unpacking you'll have these files and directories (among others):
</p>
<pre>
-Makefile - top-level Makefile for most systems
-configs/ - makefile parameter files for various systems
+autogen.sh - Autoconf script for *nix systems
+scons/ - SCons script for Windows builds
include/ - GL header (include) files
bin/ - shell scripts for making shared libraries, etc
docs/ - documentation
Mesa releases. But since GLUT, GLU and the demos change infrequently, they
were split off into their own git repositories:
-<a href="http://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/glut/">GLUT</a>,
-<a href="http://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/glu/">GLU</a> and
-<a href="http://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/demos/">Demos</a>,
+<a href="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/glut">GLUT</a>,
+<a href="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/glu">GLU</a> and
+<a href="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/demos">Demos</a>,
</p>
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