Newbie Q: Where to download OpenGL SDK

[sakthi]

Hello All,

I am newbie to OpenGL.
Can someone let me know the place where i can download the OpenGL library or SDK ?

All the links are dead except one which asks for login/password in the following site
http://www.berkelium.com/OpenGL/sgi-download.html

thanks in advance

[sqrt_1]

The OpenGL drivers/dlls are included with the install of your video card drivers.

If you are programming, you can have a look at http://www.opengl.org/sdk/

[ZbuffeR]

And the wiki page explaining how to start with opengl :
http://www.opengl.org/wiki/index.php/Getting_started

[AlmightyHydra]

Hi,

I’m new to these forums, but have been coding in OpenGL (in Delphi) a few months now. Since discovering the latest graphics card drivers support version 2.1, I’ve been looking for a Delphi or C++ header file to give access to the complete set of OpenGL 2,1 functions, types and constants.

I’ve seen this http://www.opengl.org/wiki/index.php/Getting_started

which states “If you will be programming for Windows, typically compilers comes with a standard OpenGL 1.1 .h and .lib”. This is certainly true but I cannot find a 2.1 gl.h anywhere. The best my brother and I have managed is dl’ing the Mesa gl.h which supports OpenGL up to 1.3, and converting it to a Delphi .pas file.

Could someone tell us where to find OpenGL v2.1 header files? In the meantime we will post our Delphi conversion soon, or perhaps wait if there exists a better version we could convert.

Many thanks

AlmightyHydra

[Zengar]

Please read the link ZbuffeR provided! On Windows, functions >GL1.1 are accesed using dynamic binding; for pascal, numerous OpenGL bindings exist, just google.

[Nighthawk]

For getting started from zero i still recommend:
http://nehe.gamedev.net/lesson.asp?index=01