[GRASSLIST:7473] Re: [GRASS5] Re: Re: NVIZ compile error

[Markus Neteler]

On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 02:23:08PM +0100, Glynn Clements wrote:
> Trevor Wiens wrote:
...
> > I've got an nvidia card. Does this affect my library setup such that
> > I can't compile NVIZ properly? I found a binary version of GRASS 6.0
> > today and that works fine. So I guess I don't really need to resolve
> > the compile issue, but I'm curious and would like to figure out why
> > it didn't work, as I had problems with compiling NVIZ in the past
> > with earlier versions of GRASS.
> 
> nVidia supply their own libGL, which has some oddities, e.g. it may
> not be compatible with the libGLU which is on the system. Also, it
> often doesn't install correctly (e.g. you end up with headers which
> don't match the libraries).
> 
> The first thing to try is fixing the symlink, e.g.:
> 
> 	ln -sf libGL.so.1 /usr/lib/libGL.so
> 
> Then, re-run configure and re-compile.

I have a nVidia card as well.
Once 'glxgears' etc is working, GRASS will do as well.

Markus