overview of OpenGL
the OpenGL product
The arrows in the graphic represent symbolic links.
/opt/graphics/OpenGL/lib
libGL.1 | libGL.2 | libGL.s1 | pa20_64 |
libGL.2 libGL.s1
In the library directory, you will see various versions. For example:
•libGL.1 is a 10.20 compatible library for applications which were built on 10.20.
•libGL.2 is the library which is for applications built on 11.x (this is why libGL.sl is a symbolic link to libGL.2).
There is only one set of libraries in 11.x for
The other libraries you will see in these directories are all drivers for specific graphics devices. Device drivers, which have names of the form libdd* are loaded automatically at execution time, contingent upon device type. The user program does not specifically link in a device driver.
supported graphics devices
These are the graphics devices that support OpenGL:
•HP Visualize fxe
•HP Visualize
•HP Visualize
•HP Fire
•ATI FireGL X1
•ATI FireGL T2
•ATI FireGL X3
supported operating systems
OpenGL is supported on
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