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| author | Brian Paul <[email protected]> | 2005-09-10 16:57:22 +0000 |
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| committer | Brian Paul <[email protected]> | 2005-09-10 16:57:22 +0000 |
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diff --git a/docs/download.html b/docs/download.html index b30b98ff9be..b61c98df001 100644 --- a/docs/download.html +++ b/docs/download.html @@ -6,101 +6,129 @@ <BODY> -<H1>Downloading / Unpacking</H1> +<H1>Downloading</H1> <p> -Mesa can be downloaded from the -<a href="http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/mesa3d" target="_parent"> -SourceForge download area</A>. +Last development release: <b>6.3.2</b> </p> <p> -Since version 2.3, Mesa is distributed in two pieces: main library code -and demos. If you're upgrading from a previous version of Mesa or you're not -interested in the demos you can just download the core Mesa archive file. +Last stable release: <b>6.2.1</b> </p> <p> -Mesa is available in at least three archive formats: +Primary download site: +<a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=3" +target="_parent">SourceForge</a> </p> + +<p> +Mesa is distributed in several parts: +</p> +<ul> +<li><b>MesaLib-x.y.z</b> - the main Mesa library source code, drivers + and documentation. +</li> +<li><b>MesaDemos-x.y.z</b> - OpenGL demonstration and test programs. + Most of the programs require GLUT (either the + <a href="http://www.opengl.org/resources/libraries/glut.html" + target="_parent">original GLUT by Mark Kilgard</a> or + <a href="http://freeglut.sourceforge.net" target="_parent">freeglut</a> or + <a href="http://freeglut.sourceforge.net" target="_parent">OpenGLUT</a>). +</li> +<li><b>MesaGLUT-x.y.z</b> - Mark Kilgard's GLUT, easily compiled and used + with Mesa. Plus, other implementation of GLUT for DOS, OS/2, BeOS, etc. +</li> +</ul> + +<p> +If you're not interested in running the demos, you'll only need the first +package. +</p> + +<p> +The packages are available in .tar.gz, .tar.bz2 and .zip formats. +Other organizations might offer additional package formats. +</p> + +<H1>Unpacking</H1> + +<p> +All the packages should be in the same directory prior to unpacking. +</p> + +<ul> +<li>To unpack .tar.gz files: +<pre> + tar zxf MesaLib-X.Y.tar.gz + tar zxf MesaDemos-X.Y.tar.gz + tar zxf MesaGLUT-X.Y.tar.gz +</pre> +or +<pre> + gzcat MesaLib-X.Y.tar.gz | tar xf - + gzcat MesaDemos-X.Y.tar.gz | tar xf - + gzcat MesaGLUT-X.Y.tar.gz | tar xf - +</pre> +or <pre> -1. GNU zip/tar - - Download MesaLib-X.Y.tar.gz and optionally MesaDemos-X.Y.tar.gz - Unpack with: - gzcat MesaLib-X.Y.tar.gz | tar xf - - gzcat MesaDemos-X.Y.tar.gz | tar xf - - or - gunzip MesaLib-X.Y.tar.gz ; tar xf MesaLib-X.Y.tar - gunzip MesaDemos-X.Y.tar.gz ; tar xf MesaLib-X.Y.tar - or - tar zxf MesaLib-X.Y.tar.gz - tar zxf MesaDemos-X.Y.tar.gz - - If you don't have gzcat try zcat instead. - -2. Unix compressed/tar - - Download MesaLib-X.Y.tar.Z and optionally MesaDemos-X.Y.tar.Z - Unpack with: - zcat MesaLib-X.Y.tar.Z | tar xf - - zcat MesaDemos-X.Y.tar.Z | tar xf - - -3. ZIP format - - Download MesaLib-X.Y.zip and optionally MesaDemos-X.Y.zip - Unpack with: - unzip MesaLib-X.Y.zip - unzip MesaDemos-X.Y.zip + gunzip MesaLib-X.Y.tar.gz ; tar xf MesaLib-X.Y.tar + gunzip MesaDemos-X.Y.tar.gz ; tar xf MesaDemos-X.Y.tar + gunzip MesaGLUT-X.Y.tar.gz ; tar xf MesaGLUT-X.Y.tar </pre> +<li>To unpack .tar.bz2 files: +<pre> + bunzip2 -c MesaLib-X.Y.tar.gz | tar xf - + bunzip2 -c MesaDemos-X.Y.tar.gz | tar xf - + bunzip2 -c MesaGLUT-X.Y.tar.gz | tar xf - +</pre> +<li>To unpack .zip files: +<pre> + unzip MesaLib-X.Y.zip + unzip MesaDemos-X.Y.zip + unzip MesaGLUT-X.Y.zip +</pre> +</ul> + + +<h1>Contents</h1> <p> -After unpacking you'll have these directories (and more): +After unpacking you'll have these directories: </p> <pre> -Makefile.X11 - top-level Makefile for X11-based systems -Make-config - system configurations used by the Makefile.X11 +Makefile - top-level Makefile for most systems +configs/ - makefile parameter files for various systems include/ - GL header (include) files bin/ - shell scripts for making shared libraries, etc -lib/ - final client libraries, created during compilation docs/ - documentation src/ - source code for libraries src/mesa - sources for the main Mesa library and device drivers src/glu - libGLU source code src/glw - Xt/Motif/OpenGL widget code +</pre> +If you downloaded and unpacked the MesaDemos.X.Y package: -and if you downloaded and unpacked the MesaDemos.X.Y archive: - -src/glut - GLUT source code -progs/ - OpenGL programs +<pre> progs/demos - original Mesa demos progs/xdemos - GLX OpenGL/Mesa demos progs/redbook - examples from the OpenGL Programming Guide progs/samples - examples from SGI progs/images/ - image files +</pre> +If you downloaded and unpacked the MesaGLUT.X.Y package: +<pre> +src/glut - GLUT library source code </pre> <p> -Proceed to <a href="install.html">compilation and installation +Proceed to the <a href="install.html">compilation and installation instructions</a>. </p> -<H1>GLUT</H1> - -<p> -Mesa 2.5 and later includes Mark Kilgard's GLUT library (GL Utility Toolkit). -GLUT is built automatically on systems which support it. -</p> -<p> -The GLUT tests, demos, examples, etc are not included, just the main library. -To obtain the latest complete release of GLUT please visit the -<a href="http://www.opengl.org/resources/libraries/glut.html" -target ="_parent">GLUT page</a> on www.opengl.org. -</p> - </BODY> </HTML> |