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Hi,<br />
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I've tried many times to get simple OpenGL programs to compile and I've met with little success. I thought that I would try it again, but only this time I'd ask for help. <br />
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I'm running Ubuntu Linux and I'm using the latest version of Netbeans as my development IDE for C++. <br />
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Could someone out there give me a walkthrough on setting it up and maybe creating a test program?<br />
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Thanks,<br />
-JV 
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Hi,

I've tried many times to get simple OpenGL programs to compile and I've met with little success. I thought that I would try it again, but only this time I'd ask for help. 

I'm running Ubuntu Linux and I'm using the latest version of Netbeans as my development IDE for C++. 

Could someone out there give me a walkthrough on setting it up and maybe creating a test program?

Thanks,
-JV 

Can someone help walk me through setting up an OpenGL programming environment in Ubuntu?

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