Downloading EZWGL




Obtaining EZWGL

The EZWGLdistribution is a compressed tar file containing the source code, makefiles, examples, man pages, a manual in postscript format and a html version of the documentation.

The current release is EZWGL V1.3 . It is available via anonymous ftp from ftp.ma.utexas.edu. The latest version is always available from here.

Unpacking EZWGL Distribution

After downloading the distribution EZWGL-1.3.tgz or EZWGL-latest.tgz, unpack the archive using the command
       gzip -dc EZWGL-1.3.tgz | tar xvf -
This will create a directory EZWGL-version. Change to this directory.

Compling EZWGL

First, you need to browse over Makefile and modify it for your system. EZWGL needs gcc to compile. Then use the command
         make shared
to build a shared library or use the command
         make static
to build a static library. Both commands compile the examples also.

Installing EZWGL

Installing the library in a public place needs root privilege. After compiling the library, use the command " make install-shared " or " make install-static " to install the library and the header file EZ.h. If you want to install the man pages, run the command " make install-man "

If you install the shared library in your home directory, you'll have to set your LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment accordingly so that the loader can find it.