The following are steps for Installing the OpenGL 3D graphics library under visual studio C++ 2010 express

A. If you have a Mac OS System, GLUT is already installed on your computer.

All you need to do is switch the include file from

<GL/glut.h> under Windows to <GLUT/glut.h> under Mac OS System

If you do switch between Windows and Mac OS, you can do the following

to let the compiler include glut.h from the right place based on the platform:

#ifdef __APPLE__

# include <OpenGL/gl.h>

# include <OpenGL/glu.h>

# include <GLUT/glut.h>

#else

# include <GL/gl.h>

# include <GL/glu.h>

# include <GL/glut.h>

#endif

B. How to install on Windows

First check if you have a 32-bit or 64 bit system.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827218

1. Download and unzip http://www.xmission.com/~nate/glut/glut-3.7.6-bin.zip

For 32-bit Systems

1. Place glut32.dll into the windows system folder C:\Windows\system32

2. Go to the folder of your Visual Studio (may differ based on your version)

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Stuido 10.0\VC\include (for VS 2010)

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\VC\include (for VS 2013)

3. Create a new folder named "GL" (without the quotes) in that folder above.

4. Now copy glut.h in the folder you just created.

5. Find the library folder at

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\lib (for VS 2010) or

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\VC\lib (for VS 2013)

6. Copy glut32.lib into that folder.

For 64-Bit Systems

1. Place glut32.dll into the windows system folder C:\Windows\SysWOW64

2. Go to the folder of your Visual Studio (may differ based on your version)

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Stuido 10.0\VC\include (for VS 2010)

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\VC\include (for VS 2013)

3. Create a new folder named "GL" (without the quotes) in that folder above.

4. Now copy glut.h in the folder you just created.

5. Find the library folder at

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\lib (for VS 2010) or

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\VC\lib (for VS 2013)

6. Copy glut32.lib into that folder.