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--- ubuntu:gpu:opengl [2023/06/04 21:38] – peter
+++ ubuntu:gpu:opengl [2023/06/25 09:49] (current) – peter
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 **OpenGL** is a cross-platform, industry standard graphics programming API for 3D graphics.
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+  * It handled the hardware-accelerated rendering of 2D and 3D graphics.
-[[Ubuntu:GPU:OpenGL:Determine the OpenGL version|Determine the OpenGL version]]
+OpenGL is not exactly a library because each vendor has to implement the specification to produce an OpenGL library.
+  * Therefore, on Linux-based distributions, the libGL.so library file will be different for each vendor.
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-===== Determine the OpenGL version =====
+[[Ubuntu:GPU:OpenGL:Check whether 3D acceleration is working|Check whether 3D acceleration is working]]
-==== Install mesa-utils ====
+[[Ubuntu:GPU:OpenGL:Determine the OpenGL version|Determine the OpenGL version]]
-<code bash>
+[[Ubuntu:GPU:OpenGL:Get OpenGL Info|Get OpenGL Info]]
-sudo apt install mesa-utils
-</code>
-==== Check OpenGL Version ====
+[[Ubuntu:GPU:OpenGL:Get the OpenGL Renderer|Get the OpenGL Renderer]]
-<code bash>
-glxinfo | grep "OpenGL version"
-</code>
-returns:
-<code bash>
-OpenGL version string: 4.6 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 20.3.0-devel (git-7c98066 2020-08-18 focal-oibaf-ppa)
-</code>
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 ====== References ======
 https://www.opengl.org/