Learning OpenGL in Ubuntu [closed]

The first thing to do is install the OpenGL libraries. I recommend:

freeglut3
freeglut3-dev
libglew1.5
libglew1.5-dev
libglu1-mesa
libglu1-mesa-dev
libgl1-mesa-glx
libgl1-mesa-dev

Once you have them installed, link to them when you compile:

g++ -lglut -lGL -lGLU -lGLEW example.cpp -o example

In example.cpp, include the OpenGL libraries like so:

#include <GL/glew.h>
#include <GL/glut.h>
#include <GL/gl.h>
#include <GL/glu.h>
#include <GL/glext.h>

Then, to enable the more advanced opengl options like shaders, place this after your glutCreateWindow Call:

GLenum err = glewInit();
if (GLEW_OK != err)
{
    fprintf(stderr, "Error %s\n", glewGetErrorString(err));
    exit(1);
}
fprintf(stdout, "Status: Using GLEW %s\n", glewGetString(GLEW_VERSION));

if (GLEW_ARB_vertex_program)
    fprintf(stdout, "Status: ARB vertex programs available.\n");

if (glewGetExtension("GL_ARB_fragment_program"))
    fprintf(stdout, "Status: ARB fragment programs available.\n");

if (glewIsSupported("GL_VERSION_1_4  GL_ARB_point_sprite"))
    fprintf(stdout, "Status: ARB point sprites available.\n");

That should enable all OpenGL functionality, and if it doesn’t, then it should tell you the problems.