From d9eff8ba1943fbffb88562d84ba1fd9a56be07f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brian Paul Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 20:14:43 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] download/install updates --- docs/download.html | 9 +++++++-- docs/install.html | 15 +++++++++------ 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/download.html b/docs/download.html index cad0403eefb..f791db0fb80 100644 --- a/docs/download.html +++ b/docs/download.html @@ -47,9 +47,13 @@ If you're not interested in running the demos, you'll only need the first package.

+

+If you're new to this and not sure what you're doing, grab all three packages. +

+

The packages are available in .tar.gz, .tar.bz2 and .zip formats. -Other organizations might offer additional package formats. +Other sites might offer additional package formats.

Unpacking

@@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ or

Contents

-After unpacking you'll have these directories: +After unpacking you'll have these files and directories (among others):

 Makefile	- top-level Makefile for most systems
@@ -106,6 +110,7 @@ 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
 
diff --git a/docs/install.html b/docs/install.html index 77e2e0a5060..12f78411b75 100644 --- a/docs/install.html +++ b/docs/install.html @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ 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. @@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ Later, if you want to rebuild for a different configuration run

When compilation has finished, look in the top-level lib/ -directory. +(or lib64/) directory. You'll see a set of library files similar to this:

@@ -278,14 +279,16 @@ already installed, you'll have to choose different directories, like
 

-To install Mesa's headers and libraries, run make install -You'll be prompted to enter alternative directories for the headers -and libraries. +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

-Note: at runtime, you can set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH (on Linux) to switch -between the Mesa libs and another vendor libs whenever you want. +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.

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