Nvidia OpenGL Configuration mini-HOWTO

Robert B Easter

Revision History
Revision v1.9	2001-03-20	Revised by: rbe

This mini-HOWTO is about how to install the OpenGL drivers for Nvidia graphics cards on Linux. In addition to just installing the Nvidia drivers, this mini-HOWTO also explains how to install XFree86, the OpenGL Utility library (part of Mesa), the OpenGL Utility Toolkit (glut), the full set of OpenGL manpages, Qt and its OpenGL extension, and Java and its Java 3D extension so that a user can have a complete runtime and development environment for OpenGL applications on Linux.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

1.1. New Versions of this Document
1.2. Copyright and Licenses
1.3. Disclaimer

2. Download the software packages

2.1. Linux Kernel >= 2.2.12 Required
2.2. XFree86 4.0 or later
2.3. OpenGL man pages
2.4. Mesa 3D
2.5. Qt
2.6. NVIDIA drivers (Mesa libGL replacement)
2.7. Java 2 SDK, Java 3D extension, and Java PlugIn for Netscape (optional)

3. Install Software

3.1. Install XFree86
3.2. Install Mesa
3.3. Install Nvidia OpenGL drivers
3.4. Install Qt
3.5. Install GLUT 3.7 Distribution (optional)
3.6. Install Java 3D (optional)

4. Final Comments

A. GNU Free Documentation License

0. PREAMBLE
1. APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS
2. VERBATIM COPYING
3. COPYING IN QUANTITY
4. MODIFICATIONS
5. COMBINING DOCUMENTS
6. COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS
7. AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS
8. TRANSLATION
9. TERMINATION
10. FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE
How to use this License for your documents

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