Installing GLUT on Ubuntu

Installing GLUT is essential for those who wants to create OpenGL programs in Linux.

To install GLUT on Ubuntu, just simply go to System>Administration>Synaptic Package Manager then search for "glut". Mark freeglut3 and freeglut3-dev for installation then click on Apply button.

This will install the OpenGL header files to /usr/include/GL/ and the library object to /usr/lib/libglut.a.

Compiling C++ Source Files

By default, Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10 is installed without a developer's tools. So if you're a C++ programmer or just someone who needs to execute the "make" command using the terminal but encountering error like the example below:
make: g++: Command not found

Then all you have to do is run the following command in your terminal:
sudo apt-get install g++

When you encounter the said error, it only means that you have lack of compiler to compile the source codes. Just by installing g++ will do the trick.

Happy Coding :)