Question

Can someone help me with a step by step tutorial on how to install GLUT on a Windows 7 64 bit system for MS VS2010?

Answer 1

Your GLUT download will come with .h files, .lib files, and .dll files. Place the .h files in:

C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0/VC/include/GL

Note that the GL folder does not initially exist. You have to create it. You may name it something else if you want. When you include the GLUT header file in your project, you will just have to type:

#include <GL/glut.h>

Or whatever you named the folder you put glut.h in.

Next, you have to place the .lib files in the following path:

C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0/VC/lib

And when you create your project, make sure you add the .lib files to your Additional Dependencies (Linker->Input->Additional Dependencies).

Finally, put the .dll files in:

C:/Windows/SysWOW64

This is the folder where 32-bit .dlls are located. System32 contains the 64-bit .dlls. You can also put the GLUT .dlls in System32, if you want to feel safe.

And that’s it!

Some people may suggest putting all these files directly into your project folder. You should probably not do this, because for every other project you create with GLUT, you will have to copy those files into it as well. The locations I have mentioned make them universally available to your applications.