+Last development release: 6.5.2 +
+ ++Last stable release: 6.4.2 +
+ ++Primary download site: +SourceForge +
+ + ++Mesa is distributed in several parts: +
++If you're not interested in running the demos, you'll only need the first +package. +
-Mesa can be downloaded from the - -SourceForge download area. +If you're new to this and not sure what you're doing, grab all three packages.
-Since version 2.3, Mesa is distributed in two pieces: main library code -and demos. If you're upgrading from a previous version of Mesa or you're not -interested in the demos you can just download the core Mesa archive file. +The packages are available in .tar.gz, .tar.bz2 and .zip formats. +Other sites might offer additional package formats.
+-Mesa is available in at least three archive formats: +All the packages should be in the same directory prior to unpacking.
++ tar zxf MesaLib-X.Y.tar.gz + tar zxf MesaDemos-X.Y.tar.gz + tar zxf MesaGLUT-X.Y.tar.gz ++or
-1. GNU zip/tar - - Download MesaLib-X.Y.tar.gz and optionally MesaDemos-X.Y.tar.gz - Unpack with: - gzcat MesaLib-X.Y.tar.gz | tar xf - - gzcat MesaDemos-X.Y.tar.gz | tar xf - - or - gunzip MesaLib-X.Y.tar.gz ; tar xf MesaLib-X.Y.tar - gunzip MesaDemos-X.Y.tar.gz ; tar xf MesaLib-X.Y.tar - or - tar zxf MesaLib-X.Y.tar.gz - tar zxf MesaDemos-X.Y.tar.gz - - If you don't have gzcat try zcat instead. - -2. Unix compressed/tar - - Download MesaLib-X.Y.tar.Z and optionally MesaDemos-X.Y.tar.Z - Unpack with: - zcat MesaLib-X.Y.tar.Z | tar xf - - zcat MesaDemos-X.Y.tar.Z | tar xf - - -3. ZIP format - - Download MesaLib-X.Y.zip and optionally MesaDemos-X.Y.zip - Unpack with: - unzip MesaLib-X.Y.zip - unzip MesaDemos-X.Y.zip + gzcat MesaLib-X.Y.tar.gz | tar xf - + gzcat MesaDemos-X.Y.tar.gz | tar xf - + gzcat MesaGLUT-X.Y.tar.gz | tar xf -+or +
+ gunzip MesaLib-X.Y.tar.gz ; tar xf MesaLib-X.Y.tar + gunzip MesaDemos-X.Y.tar.gz ; tar xf MesaDemos-X.Y.tar + gunzip MesaGLUT-X.Y.tar.gz ; tar xf MesaGLUT-X.Y.tar ++
+ bunzip2 -c MesaLib-X.Y.tar.gz | tar xf - + bunzip2 -c MesaDemos-X.Y.tar.gz | tar xf - + bunzip2 -c MesaGLUT-X.Y.tar.gz | tar xf - ++
+ unzip MesaLib-X.Y.zip + unzip MesaDemos-X.Y.zip + unzip MesaGLUT-X.Y.zip ++
-After unpacking you'll have these directories (and more): +After unpacking you'll have these files and directories (among others):
-Makefile.X11 - top-level Makefile for X11-based systems -Make-config - system configurations used by the Makefile.X11 +Makefile - top-level Makefile for most systems +configs/ - makefile parameter files for various systems include/ - GL header (include) files bin/ - shell scripts for making shared libraries, etc -lib/ - final client libraries, created during compilation docs/ - documentation src/ - source code for libraries src/mesa - sources for the main Mesa library and device drivers src/glu - libGLU source code +src/glx - sources for building libGL with full GLX and DRI support src/glw - Xt/Motif/OpenGL widget code ++If you downloaded and unpacked the MesaDemos.X.Y package: -and if you downloaded and unpacked the MesaDemos.X.Y archive: - -src/glut - GLUT source code -progs/ - OpenGL programs +
progs/demos - original Mesa demos progs/xdemos - GLX OpenGL/Mesa demos progs/redbook - examples from the OpenGL Programming Guide progs/samples - examples from SGI progs/images/ - image files ++If you downloaded and unpacked the MesaGLUT.X.Y package: +
+src/glut - GLUT library source code
-Proceed to compilation and installation +Proceed to the compilation and installation instructions.
--Mesa 2.5 and later includes Mark Kilgard's GLUT library (GL Utility Toolkit). -GLUT is built automatically on systems which support it. -
--The GLUT tests, demos, examples, etc are not included, just the main library. -To obtain the latest complete release of GLUT please visit the -GLUT homepage -
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