Finding an Install of OpenGL for 64 Bit Windows

Question

I am trying to get started on opengl programming from the videotutorialsrock.com site. It wants me to install GLUT and the OpenGL SDK. I was able to download GLUT successfully but the link he has on this page http://www.videotutorialsrock.com/opengl_tutorial/get_opengl_setup_windows/text.php does not work on my 64 bit Windows 7 install.

I tried going to the OpenGL page and did not find a download. I am not very familiar with OpenGL just yet so I am hesitant to just download some OpenGL library and go from there.

What should I download?

Answer 1

The .DLL will already be installed as part of Windows

The .LIB file can be found in the Windows Platform SDK ( http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=484269E2-3B89-47E3-8EB7-1F2BE6D7123A&displaylang=en )

If you're using MinGW instead of Visual Studio, the .a (.lib equivalent) should have been installed with the rest of MinGW.

The following blog post may also prove helpful: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=484269E2-3B89-47E3-8EB7-1F2BE6D7123A&displaylang=en

Answer 2

You don't need to install OpenGL, it's part of Windows. For GLUT just get the source code of freeglut and compile it as a 64bit lib.