[Gmsh] Problems of compilation with fltk

[Christophe Geuzaine]

Durufle marc wrote:
> I downloaded gmsh-1.59, the last version and
> fltk-1.1.6, the last version too. I compiled fltk, i
> did not meet any problem. I tried to compile gmsh-1.59
> and i found the following error :
> 
> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lfltk_gl
> 
> It happens when gcc make links to produce the
> executable gmsh. So, i said my-self that the library
> should be in fltk directory, so i look at : the lib
> directory created by fltk, i found the following files
> :
> 
> Readme.lib
> libfltk_forms.a   
> libfltk_jpeg.a  
> libfltk_z.a
> libfltk.a   
> libfltk_images.a  
> libfltk_png.a
> 
> In truth, there is no libfltk_gl.a !! When i look at
> makefile of fltk, i didn't find mention of this file. 
> 
> So, how can i generate this file or find it ?

Marc - You need to configure FLTK with OpenGL support (./configure 
--enable-gl). Chances are, though, that if FLTK's configure script did 
not enable OpenGL automatically, you are missing some OpenGL includes 
and/or libraries on your system.

Christophe

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Christophe Geuzaine
Applied and Computational Mathematics, Caltech
geuzaine at acm.caltech.edu - http://geuz.org