[CSC 315] Running Linux/OpenGL under Windows

[Andrew J. Pounds]

I have not tested this on Windows (I will later this week) - but others 
in the class have confirmed that this works on Windows to get an OpenGL 
programming installation working.

Thanks to Nolan for working this out.  Please address questions about it 
to him.



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Subject: 	CSC315 Stuff Now Working In Windows/WSL
Date: 	Thu, 15 Sep 2022 13:18:57 -0400
From: 	Nolan Robichaux <nolan.robichaux at gmail.com>
To: 	pounds at sandbox.mercer.edu



Hey Dr. Pounds,

I got our coursework and stuff working on my laptop using Windows 
Subsystem for Linux. WSL works seamlessly with Windows so it might be a 
more appealing option than installing a Linux VM, at least for Windows 
users.

Here’s what I did:
- Run PowerShell as administrator, type “wsl --install” (this will 
install Ubuntu, there’s a way to install a different distro of your 
choice but I haven’t looked that up)
- after restarting, open Ubuntu (search for it in the search bar at the 
bottom) and do “sudo apt-get install freeglut3-dev” (you may need to do 
“sudo apt update” before this step), then “sudo apt install gcc”, “sudo 
apt install g++”, and “sudo apt install make”
- do the ssh key stuff from that handout we got in Ubuntu for cloning 
projects from Anvil
- now we have a terminal interface set up, but we can’t run GUI programs 
yet. Download VcXsrv for Windows
- These next steps you’ll need to do every time you start Ubuntu:
- start VcXsrv (it should show up as Xlaunch on your desktop)
- accept all the defaults, except when you get to “Additional 
parameters” at the bottom of the 3rd page, add “-ac” to that box
- once that starts, go back to Ubuntu and paste this command: “export 
DISPLAY=$(cat /etc/resolv.conf | grep nameserver | awk '{print $2}'):0”
- run your OpenGL program, wait a couple seconds, and your program 
should open in a new window!

I hope this helps! Let me know if it does/doesn’t work for you. If it 
does feel free to share it with the rest of the class.

Thanks, Nolan
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