GLEW

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"The OpenGL Extension Wrangler Library (GLEW) is a cross-platform C/C++ extension loading library. GLEW provides efficient run-time mechanisms for determining which OpenGL extensions are supported on the target platform. OpenGL core and extension functionality is exposed in a single header file."

The most recent version of GLEW is version 1.3.3.

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Supported Platforms

GLEW is available in source form (http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/glew/glew-1.3.3-src.tgz?download) and precompiled binaries (except FreeBSD which hasn't a precompiled binary) for a variety of platforms including the following.

  • Windows (http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/glew/glew-1.3.3-win32.zip?download)
  • Linux (http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/glew/glew-1.3.3-linux32.tgz?download)
  • Mac OS X (AGL (http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/glew/glew-1.3.3-darwin32-agl.tgz?download) or GLX (http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/glew/glew-1.3.3-darwin32-glx.tgz?download))
  • FreeBSD
  • Irix (http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/glew/glew-1.3.3-irix64.tgz?download)
  • Solaris (http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/glew/glew-1.3.3-solaris32.tgz?download)
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Using GLEW

Information on using GLEW is available from the following sites.


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