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Compiling and Installing

Unix / X11 +
Prerequisites for building
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Windows -
Building with SCons -
Other +
Building with meson +
Building with SCons (Windows/Linux) +
Building with AOSP (Android) +
Library Information +
Building OpenGL programs with pkg-config

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1. Unix/X11 Compilation and Installation

1. Prerequisites for building

1.1 General

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1.1 General prerequisites for building

Build system

lex / yacc - for building the GLSL compiler. -On Linux systems, flex and bison are used. -Versions 2.5.35 and 2.4.1, respectively, (or later) should work. +

meson is required when building on *nix platforms and is supported on windows. +
SCons is an alternative for building on +Windows and Linux.
python - Python is needed for building the Gallium components. -Version 2.6.4 or later should work. +
Android Build system when building as native Android component. Meson +is used when when building ARC.

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1.2 Prerequisites for DRI and hardware acceleration

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Compiler

-The following are required for DRI-based hardware acceleration with Mesa: +The following compilers are known to work, if you know of others or you're +willing to maintain support for other compiler get in touch.

dri2proto version 1.99.3 or later -
Linux 2.6.28 -
libDRM -version 2.4.15 or later -
Xorg server version 1.5 or later +
GCC 4.2.0 or later (some parts of Mesa may require later versions) +
clang - exact minimum requirement is currently unknown. +
Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 or later is required, for building on Windows.

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1.3 Building with Autoconf

Third party/extra tools.

Python - Python is required. +When building with scons 2.7 is required. +When building with meson 3.5 or newer is required. +
Python Mako module - +Python Mako module is required. Version 0.8.0 or later should work. +
lex / yacc - for building the Mesa IR and GLSL compiler.
-Mesa may be built using autoconf. -This should work well on most GNU-based systems. -If that fails the traditional Mesa build system is available. - +On Linux systems, flex and bison versions 2.5.35 and 2.4.1, respectively, +(or later) should work. +On Windows with MinGW, install flex and bison with: +
```
mingw-get install msys-flex msys-bison
```
+For MSVC on Windows, install +Win flex-bison. +
+

Note: Some versions can be buggy (eg. flex 2.6.2) so do try others if things fail.

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1.4 Building with traditional Makefiles

1.2 Requirements

-The traditional Mesa build system is based on a collection of pre-defined -system configurations. -

-To see the list of configurations, just type make. -Then choose a configuration from the list and type make -configname. +The requirements depends on the features selected at configure stage. +Check/install the respective -devel package as prompted by the configure error +message.

-Mesa may be built in several different ways using the predefined configurations: -

Stand-alone/Xlib mode - Mesa will be compiled as -a software renderer using Xlib to do all rendering. -The libGL.so library will be a self-contained rendering library that will -allow you to run OpenGL/GLX applications on any X server (regardless of -whether it supports the GLX X server extension). -You will not be able to use hardware 3D acceleration. -
-To compile stand-alone Mesa type make in the top-level directory. -You'll see a list of supported system configurations. -Choose one from the list (such as linux-x86), and type: +Here are some common ways to retrieve most/all of the dependencies based on +the packaging tool used by your distro.
+
```
-    make linux-x86
+  zypper source-install --build-deps-only Mesa # openSUSE/SLED/SLES
+  yum-builddep mesa # yum Fedora, OpenSuse(?)
+  dnf builddep mesa # dnf Fedora
+  apt-get build-dep mesa # Debian and derivatives
+  ... # others
 
```
-
This will produce libGL.so and several other libraries
-
DRI/accelerated - The DRI hardware drivers for -accelerated OpenGL rendering (for ATI, Intel, Matrox, etc) will be built. -The libGL.so library will support the GLX extension and will load/use -the DRI hardware drivers. +
2. Building with meson
+
Meson &6t;= 0.46.0 is required

-Build Mesa and the DRI hardware drivers by running -
-
```
-   make linux-dri
-
```
-
-There are also linux-dri-x86, linux-dri-x86-64, -and linux-ppc configurations which are optimized for those -architectures. +Meson is the latest build system in mesa, it is currently able to build for +*nix systems like Linux and BSD, macOS, Haiku, and Windows.
+
-Make sure you have the prerequisite versions of DRM and Xserver mentioned -above. +The general approach is:
+
```
+  meson builddir/
+  ninja -C builddir/
+  sudo ninja -C builddir/ install
+
```
-

On windows you can also use the visual studio backend

+  meson builddir --backend=vs
+  cd builddir
+  msbuild mesa.sln /m
+

+Please read the detailed meson instructions +for more information +

On windows you can also use the visual studio backend

+  meson builddir --backend=vs
+  cd builddir
+  msbuild mesa.sln /m
+

-Later, if you want to rebuild for a different configuration run -make realclean before rebuilding. +Please read the detailed meson instructions +for more information

- -

1.5 The libraries

+ +

3. Building with SCons (Windows/Linux)

-When compilation has finished, look in the top-level lib/ -(or lib64/) directory. -You'll see a set of library files similar to this: +To build Mesa with SCons on Linux or Windows do

-lrwxrwxrwx    1 brian    users          10 Mar 26 07:53 libGL.so -> libGL.so.1*
-lrwxrwxrwx    1 brian    users          19 Mar 26 07:53 libGL.so.1 -> libGL.so.1.5.060100*
--rwxr-xr-x    1 brian    users     3375861 Mar 26 07:53 libGL.so.1.5.060100*
-lrwxrwxrwx    1 brian    users          11 Mar 26 07:53 libGLU.so -> libGLU.so.1*
-lrwxrwxrwx    1 brian    users          20 Mar 26 07:53 libGLU.so.1 -> libGLU.so.1.3.060100*
--rwxr-xr-x    1 brian    users      549269 Mar 26 07:53 libGLU.so.1.3.060100*
-lrwxrwxrwx    1 brian    users          12 Mar 26 07:53 libglut.so -> libglut.so.3*
-lrwxrwxrwx    1 brian    users          16 Mar 26 07:53 libglut.so.3 -> libglut.so.3.7.1*
--rwxr-xr-x    1 brian    users      597754 Mar 26 07:53 libglut.so.3.7.1*
-lrwxrwxrwx    1 brian    users          11 Mar 26 08:04 libGLw.so -> libGLw.so.1*
-lrwxrwxrwx    1 brian    users          15 Mar 26 08:04 libGLw.so.1 -> libGLw.so.1.0.0*
--rwxr-xr-x    1 brian    users       20750 Mar 26 08:04 libGLw.so.1.0.0*
-lrwxrwxrwx    1 brian    users          14 Mar 26 07:53 libOSMesa.so -> libOSMesa.so.6*
-lrwxrwxrwx    1 brian    users          23 Mar 26 07:53 libOSMesa.so.6 -> libOSMesa.so.6.1.060100*
--rwxr-xr-x    1 brian    users       23871 Mar 26 07:53 libOSMesa.so.6.1.060100*
+    scons

-libGL is the main OpenGL library (i.e. Mesa). -
-libGLU is the OpenGL Utility library. -
-libglut is the GLUT library. -
-libGLw is the Xt/Motif OpenGL drawing area widget library. -
-libOSMesa is the OSMesa (Off-Screen) interface library. +The build output will be placed in +build/platform-machine-debug/..., where platform is for +example linux or windows, machine is x86 or x86_64, optionally followed +by -debug for debug builds.

-If you built the DRI hardware drivers, you'll also see the DRI drivers: +To build Mesa with SCons for Windows on Linux using the MinGW crosscompiler toolchain do

--rwxr-xr-x   1 brian users 15607851 Jul 21 12:11 ffb_dri.so
--rwxr-xr-x   1 brian users 15148747 Jul 21 12:11 i810_dri.so
--rwxr-xr-x   1 brian users 14497814 Jul 21 12:11 i830_dri.so
--rwxr-xr-x   1 brian users 16895413 Jul 21 12:11 i915_dri.so
--rwxr-xr-x   1 brian users 11320803 Jul 21 12:11 mach64_dri.so
--rwxr-xr-x   1 brian users 11418014 Jul 21 12:12 mga_dri.so
--rwxr-xr-x   1 brian users 11064426 Jul 21 12:12 r128_dri.so
--rwxr-xr-x   1 brian users 11849858 Jul 21 12:12 r200_dri.so
--rwxr-xr-x   1 brian users 16050488 Jul 21 12:11 r300_dri.so
--rwxr-xr-x   1 brian users 11757388 Jul 21 12:12 radeon_dri.so
--rwxr-xr-x   1 brian users 11232304 Jul 21 12:13 s3v_dri.so
--rwxr-xr-x   1 brian users 11062970 Jul 21 12:13 savage_dri.so
--rwxr-xr-x   1 brian users 11214212 Jul 21 12:13 sis_dri.so
--rwxr-xr-x   1 brian users 11368736 Jul 21 12:13 tdfx_dri.so
--rwxr-xr-x   1 brian users 10598868 Jul 21 12:13 trident_dri.so
--rwxr-xr-x   1 brian users 10997120 Jul 21 12:13 unichrome_dri.so
+    scons platform=windows toolchain=crossmingw machine=x86 libgl-gdi

-If you built with Gallium support, look in lib/gallium/ for Gallium-based -versions of libGL and device drivers. +This will create:

build/windows-x86-debug/gallium/targets/libgl-gdi/opengl32.dll — Mesa + Gallium + softpipe (or llvmpipe), binary compatible with Windows's opengl32.dll +

+Put them all in the same directory to test them. +Additional information is available in README.WIN32. +

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1.6 Installing the header and library files

-The standard location for the OpenGL header files on Unix-type systems is -in /usr/include/GL/. -The standard location for the libraries is /usr/lib/. -For more information see, the - -Linux/OpenGL ABI specification. -

-If you'd like Mesa to co-exist with another implementation of OpenGL that's -already installed, you'll have to choose different directories, like -/usr/local/include/GL/ and /usr/local/lib/. -

4. Building with AOSP (Android)

-To install Mesa's headers and libraries, run make install. -But first, check the Mesa/configs/default file and examine the values -of the INSTALL_DIR and DRI_DRIVER_INSTALL_DIR variables. -Change them if needed, then run make install. +Currently one can build Mesa for Android as part of the AOSP project, yet +your experience might vary.

-The variable -DESTDIR may also be used to install the contents to a temporary -staging directory. -This can be useful for package management. -For example: make install DESTDIR=/somepath/ +In order to achieve that one should update their local manifest to point to the +upstream repo, set the appropriate BOARD_GPU_DRIVERS and build the +libGLES_mesa library.

-Note: at runtime you can use the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable -(on Linux at least) to switch -between the Mesa libraries and other vendor's libraries whenever you want. -This is a handy way to compare multiple OpenGL implementations. +FINISHME: Improve on the instructions add references to Rob H repos/Jenkins, +Android-x86 and/or other resources.

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1.7 Building OpenGL programs with pkg-config

5. Library Information

-Running make install will install package configuration files -for the pkg-config utility. +When compilation has finished, look in the top-level lib/ +(or lib64/) directory. +You'll see a set of library files similar to this:

+lrwxrwxrwx    1 brian    users          10 Mar 26 07:53 libGL.so -> libGL.so.1*
+lrwxrwxrwx    1 brian    users          19 Mar 26 07:53 libGL.so.1 -> libGL.so.1.5.060100*
+-rwxr-xr-x    1 brian    users     3375861 Mar 26 07:53 libGL.so.1.5.060100*
+lrwxrwxrwx    1 brian    users          14 Mar 26 07:53 libOSMesa.so -> libOSMesa.so.6*
+lrwxrwxrwx    1 brian    users          23 Mar 26 07:53 libOSMesa.so.6 -> libOSMesa.so.6.1.060100*
+-rwxr-xr-x    1 brian    users       23871 Mar 26 07:53 libOSMesa.so.6.1.060100*
+

-When compiling your OpenGL application you can use pkg-config to determine -the proper compiler and linker flags. +libGL is the main OpenGL library (i.e. Mesa), while libOSMesa +is the OSMesa (Off-Screen) interface library.

-For example, compiling and linking a GLUT application can be done with: +If you built the DRI hardware drivers, you'll also see the DRI drivers:

-   gcc `pkg-config --cflags --libs glut` mydemo.c -o mydemo
+-rwxr-xr-x   1 brian users 16895413 Jul 21 12:11 i915_dri.so
+-rwxr-xr-x   1 brian users 16895413 Jul 21 12:11 i965_dri.so
+-rwxr-xr-x   1 brian users 11849858 Jul 21 12:12 r200_dri.so
+-rwxr-xr-x   1 brian users 11757388 Jul 21 12:12 radeon_dri.so

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2. Windows Compilation and Installation

-Please see the instructions on building with SCons. -Alternatively see README.WIN32 file. +If you built with Gallium support, look in lib/gallium/ for Gallium-based +versions of libGL and device drivers.

- - -

3. Building with SCons

6. Building OpenGL programs with pkg-config

-To build Mesa with SCons on Linux or Windows do +Running ninja install will install package configuration files +for the pkg-config utility.

-    scons
-

-The build output will be placed in -build/platform-machine-debug/..., where platform is for -example linux or windows, machine is x86 or x86_64, optionally followed -by -debug for debug builds. +When compiling your OpenGL application you can use pkg-config to determine +the proper compiler and linker flags.

-To build Mesa with SCons for Windows on Linux using the MinGW crosscompiler toolchain do +For example, compiling and linking a GLUT application can be done with:

-    scons platform=windows toolchain=crossmingw machine=x86 statetrackers=mesa drivers=softpipe,trace winsys=gdi
+   gcc `pkg-config --cflags --libs glut` mydemo.c -o mydemo

-This will create: -

build/windows-x86-debug/gallium/targets/libgl-gdi/opengl32.dll — Mesa + Gallium + softpipe, binary compatible with Windows's opengl32.dll -
build/windows-x86-debug/glut/glx/glut32.dll -
progs/build/windows-x86-debug/wgl/wglinfo.exe -
progs/build/windows-x86-debug/trivial/tri.exe -
and many other samples in progs/build/windows-x86-debug/... -

-Put them all in the same directory to test them. -

- - - -

4. Other systems

- -

-Documentation for other environments (some may be very out of date): -

- -

README.VMS - VMS -
README.GGI - GGI -
README.3DFX - 3Dfx/Glide driver -
README.AMIWIN - Amiga Amiwin -
README.BEOS - BeOS -
README.D3D - Direct3D driver -
README.DJ - DJGPP -
README.LYNXOS - LynxOS -
README.MINGW32 - Mingw32 -
README.NeXT - NeXT -
README.OpenStep - OpenStep -
README.OS2 - OS/2 -
README.WINDML - WindML -

- - - +

Compiling and Installing

Compiling and Installing

1. Unix/X11 Compilation and Installation

1. Prerequisites for building

1.1 General

1.1 General prerequisites for building

Build system

1.2 Prerequisites for DRI and hardware acceleration

Compiler

1.3 Building with Autoconf

Third party/extra tools.

1.4 Building with traditional Makefiles

1.2 Requirements

2. Building with meson

1.5 The libraries

3. Building with SCons (Windows/Linux)

1.6 Installing the header and library files

4. Building with AOSP (Android)

1.7 Building OpenGL programs with pkg-config

5. Library Information

2. Windows Compilation and Installation

3. Building with SCons

6. Building OpenGL programs with pkg-config

4. Other systems