Bijay-Shre-stha / OpenGL

Setup for OpenGL (Computer Graphics)

Install GLFW and GLEW

• GLFW

  • Download GLFW from here
  • Extract the downloaded file
  • Copy folder to C:\glfw-3.4.bin.WIN32\

• GLEW

  • Download GLEW from here
  • Extract the downloaded file
  • Copy folder to C:\glew-2.1.0\

Create .vscode Folder in the Project Directory

• create c_cpp_properties.json file
• create tasks.json file

Create Project Directory

• copy the main.cpp file to the project directory

c_cpp_properties.json

{
  "configurations": [
    {
      "name": "windows-gcc-x86",
      "includePath": [
        "${workspaceFolder}/**"
      ],
      "compilerPath": "C:/MinGW/bin/gcc.exe",
      "cStandard": "${default}",
      "cppStandard": "${default}",
      "intelliSenseMode": "windows-gcc-x86",
      "compilerArgs": [
        ""
      ]
    }
  ],
  "version": 4
}

tasks.json

{
    "tasks": [
        {
            "label": "C/C++: gcc.exe build active file",
            "type": "cppbuild",
            "command": "C:/MinGW/bin/gcc.exe",
            "args": [
                "-fdiagnostics-color=always",
                "-g",
                "${file}",
                "-o",
                "${fileDirname}\\${fileBasenameNoExtension}.exe",
                "-I",
                "C:\\glfw-3.4.bin.WIN32\\include",
                "-I",
                "C:\\glew-2.1.0\\include",
                "-L",
                "C:\\glew-2.1.0\\lib\\Release\\x64",
                "-L",
                "C:\\glfw-3.4.bin.WIN32\\lib-mingw-w64",
                "-lglfw3dll",
                "-lglew32",
                "-lopengl32",
            ],
            "options": {
                "cwd": "C:/MinGW/bin"
            },
            "problemMatcher": [
                "$gcc"
            ],
            "group": {
                "kind": "build",
                "isDefault": true
            },
            "detail": "Task generated by Debugger."
        }
    ],
    "version": "2.0.0"
}

Code Runner Execution Map

"cpp": "cd $dir && g++ $fileName -o $fileNameWithoutExt -I C:\\glfw-3.4.bin.WIN32\\include -I C:\\glew-2.1.0\\include -L C:\\glew-2.1.0\\lib\\Release\\x64 -L C:\\glfw-3.4.bin.WIN32\\lib-mingw-w64 -lglfw3dll -lglew32 -lopengl32 && ./$fileNameWithoutExt",

Additional Driver

• Add glfw3.dll to the project directory from C:\glfw-3.4.bin.WIN32\lib-mingw-w64

Run the Code

• Open the project directory in the terminal
• Run the following command

g++ main.cpp -o main -I C:\glfw-3.4.bin.WIN32\include -I C:\glew-2.1.0\include -L C:\glew-2.1.0\lib\Release\x64 -L C:\glfw-3.4.bin.WIN32\lib-mingw-w64 -lglfw3dll -lglew32 -lopengl32 && ./main

Output

Contributors

• -Bijay Shrestha (GitHub), March-2024