libQGLViewer installation
windows Windows

The installation procedure depends on your Qt version :

Qt version 3

The menu listed here correspond to .NET. See the Qt 2.3 section for their Visual Studio translations.
  1. Download and unzip the sources : libQGLViewer-1.3.8.zip
  2. Use the Open Qt project icon to open QGLViewer/QGLViewer.pro which creates a .dsp file.
  3. Open the generated .dsp workspace and make sure you select Release as the Build active configuration.
  4. Build the library (warnings dealing with dll interface are not important).
  5. Copy QGLViewer138.dll in a standard library directory, such as C:\WINNT\system32.
  6. Add the path to libQGLViewer-1.3.8 to your Project-QGLViewer properties-C/C++-General-Additional Include Directories (optional).
  7. Add the path to libQGLViewer-1.3.8\QGLViewer\Release to your Linker-General-Additional Library Directories (optional).
  8. Compile and test the examples, using the same Generate QT project procedure to convert .pro files into .dsp workspaces.

If your Qt version is lower than 3.1, you have to install the GLUT library in order to have text display. Download the GLUT library and add the paths to GLUT in your Linker-General-Additional Library Directories configuration if needed.

Qt 2.3 with Visual Studio 6.0

The Qt-2.3 version is no longer supported by Qt, and it does not give a correct picture of the actual Qt functionalities. You can however download the free Qt 2.3 version. Qt 2.3 requires Visual Studio and is not compatible with .NET.

Follow the same installation procedure, but with these modifications : Here are the limitations when using Qt 2.3 :

Download and install the GLUT library. Add the paths to GLUT in your Tools-Options-Directories configuration if needed.

Using latest free Qt with cygwin

An other option is to install the cigwin linux emulator, with the Qt-KDE port. You should then be able to use the latest Qt version, with full libQGLViewer features. This was successfully tested, although Qt had to be recomplied. You may also have to remove thread from the CONFIG line in QGLViewer.pro.

Qt   Qt installation

Download the free Qt 2.3 non commercial version, or the Qt/Desktop 30 day evaluation version.
Visual Studio users must check the Tools/Customize/Add-ins and Macro Files/QMsDev Add in box in order to use Qt with Visual Studio.

Please let me know if you encountered specific installation problems that could be reported on this page.

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