You can also use the Qt-Libraries (KDevelop), they are very easy to understand and use and come along with a very good tutorial/help. Qt is simmilar to MFC and WIN32 but much more easier to learn and you can use it on Win and Linux. I can mail you some examples if you want.
they work without GLUT, but you should have installed your graphic card properly or it will be VERY slow.

tschö, Bero

[edited by - Bero_Avrion on June 9, 2003 3:21:59 PM]

opengl should be with the red hat packages(i''ve got red hat 7.3 and i added nothing)
you should try a VERY simple example before trying more complex..
i think gltk.h is the header for opengl and tcl/tk

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Original post by Anonymous Poster
congradulations on venturing into linux. But I would recomend learning to program in C/C++ before trying to do any graphics/game programming.

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To learn C++ is ok,... but i think i must only learn to use C++ in linux. I can pogramm C++ under Windows and that not so bad. I have still written 3D programs in Windows.

My problem is only that i''m a linux newbie and at time i don''t understand the system of linux, but i try to learn it. This is the reason, why i post this messages here.

Hrm, I messed up, there is a lot more than just replacing those defines I threw ou. Whoever made that tutorials used some strange OpenGL/TK libraries that was pointed out.

Here is some code of mine. (Not it is not 100% mine, some of it comes from the nehe code distributed on this site)
Make sure you have the SDL devel libs installed also!
Compile with:
g++ base.cc -o base `sdl-config --cflags --libs` -lGL -lGLU

#ifdef WIN32 #include "windows.h" //Just in case we are compiligng on windows#endif#include <iostream>#include <GL/gl.h>  //Standard include#include <GL/glu.h> //Standard Include#include <SDL/SDL.h> //Standard Include//These all define the screen setup#define SCREEN_WIDTH 640#define SCREEN_HEIGHT 480#define SCREEN_BPP 16//Used in some functions#define TRUE 1#define FALSE 0using namespace std;SDL_Surface *surface;int i = 0;GLenum mode = GL_POINTS;GLfloat yrot = 0.0;// Quit nicelyvoid Quit(int returnCode){  SDL_Quit();  exit(returnCode);}// As with all opengl programs, the resize functionint resizeWindow(int width, int height){  GLfloat ratio;  if(height == 0)    height = 1;  ratio = (GLfloat)width / (GLfloat)height;  glViewport(0,0,(GLint)width, (GLint)height);  glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION);  glLoadIdentity();  gluPerspective(45.0f, ratio, 0.1f, 100.0f);  glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW);  glLoadIdentity();  return(TRUE);}// Function to handle key pressesvoid handleKeyPress(SDL_keysym *keysym){  switch(keysym->sym)  {    case SDLK_ESCAPE:      Quit(0);      break;    case SDLK_F1:      SDL_WM_ToggleFullScreen(surface);      break;   case SDLK_n:      i++;      i %= 10;      cout << "i is " << i << endl;      break;    default:      break;  }  switch(i)  {     case 0:	mode = GL_POINTS;	break;     case 1:	mode = GL_LINES;	break;     case 2:	mode = GL_LINE_STRIP;	break;     case 3:	mode = GL_LINE_LOOP;	break;     case 4: 	mode = GL_TRIANGLES;	break;     case 5:	mode = GL_TRIANGLE_STRIP;	break;     case 6:	mode = GL_TRIANGLE_FAN;	break;     case 7:	mode = GL_QUADS;	break;     case 8:	mode = GL_QUAD_STRIP;	break;     case 9:	mode = GL_POLYGON;	break;     default:	mode = GL_POINTS;	break;  }	  return;}//Setup GL in our SDL contextint initGL(GLvoid){  glShadeModel(GL_SMOOTH);  glClearColor(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);  glClearDepth(1.0f);  glEnable(GL_DEPTH_TEST);  glEnableClientState(GL_VERTEX_ARRAY);  glDepthFunc(GL_LEQUAL);  glHint(GL_PERSPECTIVE_CORRECTION_HINT, GL_NICEST);  return(TRUE);}//Draw our 8 points according to which ever mode is selectedint drawGLScene(GLvoid){  static GLint T0 = 0;  static GLint Frames = 0;// Vertex array to contain 8 points  static GLfloat vertices[] = {     0,0,-1,     1,0,-1,     1,1,-1,     0,1,-1,     0,0,0,     1,0,0,     1,1,0,     0,1,0 };//Array for drawing these 8 points  static GLuint indices[] = {     0,1,2,3,     0,4,7,3,     3,7,6,2,     2,6,5,1,     1,0,4,5,     5,4,7,6 };  glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);  glLoadIdentity();  glVertexPointer(3, GL_FLOAT, 0, vertices);  // Move back and rotate the cube continuously  glTranslatef(0.0f,0.0f,-6.0f);  glRotatef(yrot, 0.7, 1.0, 0.0);  glDrawElements(mode, 24, GL_UNSIGNED_INT, indices);  yrot += 0.5;  SDL_GL_SwapBuffers();//Count frames per second  Frames++;  {    GLint t = SDL_GetTicks();    if(t - T0 >= 5000)    {      GLfloat seconds = (t -T0)/1000.0;      GLfloat fps = Frames/seconds;      cout << Frames << " frames in " << seconds << " seconds = " << fps << " FPS." << endl;      T0=t;      Frames = 0;    }  }  return(TRUE);}//Initialize it all and loop until we quitint main(int argc, char **argv){  int videoFlags;  int done = FALSE;  SDL_Event event;  const SDL_VideoInfo *videoInfo;  int isActive = TRUE;  if(SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO) < 0)  {    cout << "Video initialization failed: " << SDL_GetError() << endl;    Quit(1);  }  videoInfo = SDL_GetVideoInfo();  if(!videoInfo)  {    cout << "Video query failed: " << SDL_GetError() << endl;    Quit(1);  }  videoFlags = SDL_OPENGL;  videoFlags |= SDL_GL_DOUBLEBUFFER;  videoFlags |= SDL_HWPALETTE;  videoFlags |= SDL_RESIZABLE;  if(videoInfo->hw_available)    videoFlags |= SDL_HWSURFACE;  else    videoFlags |= SDL_SWSURFACE;  if(videoInfo->blit_hw)    videoFlags |= SDL_HWACCEL;  surface = SDL_SetVideoMode( SCREEN_WIDTH, SCREEN_HEIGHT, SCREEN_BPP, videoFlags);  if(!surface)  {    cout << "Video mode set failed: " << SDL_GetError() << endl;    Quit(1);  }  if(initGL() == FALSE)  {    cout << "Could not initialize OpenGL." << endl;    Quit(1);  }  SDL_EnableKeyRepeat(200, 1);  resizeWindow(SCREEN_WIDTH, SCREEN_HEIGHT);  while(!done)  {    if(isActive)      drawGLScene();    while(SDL_PollEvent(&event))    {      switch(event.type)      {        case SDL_ACTIVEEVENT:          if(event.active.gain == 0)            isActive = FALSE;          else            isActive = TRUE;          break;        case SDL_VIDEORESIZE:          surface = SDL_SetVideoMode(event.resize.w, event.resize.h, 16, videoFlags);          if(!surface)          {            cout << "Error while resizing window: " << SDL_GetError() << endl;            Quit(1);          }          resizeWindow(event.resize.w, event.resize.h);          break;        case SDL_KEYDOWN:          handleKeyPress(&event.key.keysym);          break;        case SDL_QUIT:          done = TRUE;          break;        default:          break;      }    }  }  Quit(0);  return(0);}