Installing OpenGL/mesa on ubuntu
Hi,
I am trying to install and use VTK on my 32-bit linux machine (EC2 instance on AWS).
I was getting an error which i realized was because I did not have openGL/Mesa installed on my machine.
So i installed Mesa using the following command: sudo apt-get install mesa-common-dev
Now, I dont know where mesa is installed on my machine. There is no folder 'mesa' in /usr/lib/ and there is no libGl.so anywhere.
Can anybody please tell me how to proceed further?
Thanks,
Shripad D
there will be no folders named "mesa". look for "GL" in /usr/include/Originally Posted by Shripad
then probably you got opengl installed in your system
What exactly is your problem? You only want to run a program or do you want to develop something? Which version of Ubuntu?
First check if you already have mesa installed, you can check it with command: dpkg -l *mesa*
Then type this to install mesa GL implementation: sudo apt-get install libglapi-mesa && sudo apt-get install libosmesa6
Hope this works.
I've been having the same issue however it seems that I have everything installed correctly, mesa drivers, and trying to use Xvfb to render offscreen (I have a headless server, no graphics card and using java/jogl). Any idea what I'm missing? Below are the various error messages I receive and the output to dpkg -l *mesa*
Code :Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-======================================================-================================-================================-================================================================================================================= ii libgl1-mesa-dri:amd64 9.0-0ubuntu1 amd64 free implementation of the OpenGL API -- DRI modules ii libgl1-mesa-glx:amd64 9.0-0ubuntu1 amd64 free implementation of the OpenGL API -- GLX runtime ii libglapi-mesa:amd64 9.0-0ubuntu1 amd64 free implementation of the GL API -- shared library ii libgles2-mesa:amd64 9.0-0ubuntu1 amd64 free implementation of the OpenGL|ES 2.x API -- runtime rc libglu1-mesa:amd64 9.0.0-0ubuntu1 amd64 Mesa OpenGL utility library (GLU) ii libosmesa6:amd64 9.0-0ubuntu1 amd64 Mesa Off-screen rendering extension ii mesa-common-dev 9.0-0ubuntu1 amd64 Developer documentation for Mesa ii mesa-utils 8.0.1+git20110129+d8f7d6b-0ubunt amd64 Miscellaneous Mesa GL utilities <uninstalled packages removed for clarity>
Code :$ Xvfb :0 -extension GLX -ac -screen 1 1600x1000x24+32 & user:~/$ Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension Initializing built-in extension SHAPE Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension Initializing built-in extension XTEST Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS Initializing built-in extension SYNC Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC Initializing built-in extension SECURITY Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA Initializing built-in extension XFIXES Initializing built-in extension RENDER Initializing built-in extension RANDR Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE Initializing built-in extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER Initializing built-in extension DOUBLE-BUFFER Initializing built-in extension RECORD Initializing built-in extension DPMS Initializing built-in extension X-Resource Initializing built-in extension XVideo Initializing built-in extension XVideo-MotionCompensation [dix] Could not init font path element /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType, removing from list! $ glxinfo name of display: localhost:0.1 Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual or fbconfig Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual or fbconfig user:~/$ 10 XSELINUXs still allocated at reset SCREEN: 0 objects of 224 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs DEVICE: 0 objects of 104 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs CLIENT: 0 objects of 72 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs WINDOW: 0 objects of 24 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs PIXMAP: 2 objects of 16 bytes = 32 total bytes 0 private allocs GC: 8 objects of 16 bytes = 128 total bytes 0 private allocs CURSOR: 0 objects of 16 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs DBE_WINDOW: 0 objects of 24 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs TOTAL: 10 objects, 160 bytes, 0 allocs 2 PIXMAPs still allocated at reset PIXMAP: 2 objects of 16 bytes = 32 total bytes 0 private allocs GC: 8 objects of 16 bytes = 128 total bytes 0 private allocs CURSOR: 0 objects of 16 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs DBE_WINDOW: 0 objects of 24 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs TOTAL: 10 objects, 160 bytes, 0 allocs 8 GCs still allocated at reset GC: 8 objects of 16 bytes = 128 total bytes 0 private allocs CURSOR: 0 objects of 16 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs DBE_WINDOW: 0 objects of 24 bytes = 0 total bytes 0 private allocs TOTAL: 8 objects, 128 bytes, 0 allocs [dix] Could not init font path element /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType, removing from list!
note that extension GLX is not loaded for some reason
and my OpenGL application's error (jogl)
Code :Unable to initialize shared context using PBuffer, falling back to displayable context creation.javax.media.opengl.GLException: Profile GL2GL3 is not available on null, but: []
Any help would be appreciated!
-Stephen
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