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diff --git a/mesalib/docs/download.html b/mesalib/docs/download.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..3cb9423dd --- /dev/null +++ b/mesalib/docs/download.html @@ -0,0 +1,136 @@ +<HTML> + +<TITLE>Getting Mesa</TITLE> + +<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="mesa.css"></head> + +<BODY> + +<H1>Downloading</H1> + +<p> +Primary Mesa download site: +<a href="ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/" +target="_parent">freedesktop.org</a> (FTP) +</p> + +<p> +When a new release is coming, release candidates (betas) may be found +<a href="ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/beta/" target="_parent">here</a>. +</p> + + +<p> +Mesa is distributed in several parts: +</p> +<ul> +<li><b>MesaLib-x.y.z</b> - the main Mesa library source code, drivers + and documentation. +</li> +<li><b>MesaDemos-x.y.z</b> - OpenGL demonstration and test programs. + Most of the programs require GLUT (either the + <a href="http://www.opengl.org/resources/libraries/glut" + target="_parent">original GLUT by Mark Kilgard</a> or + <a href="http://freeglut.sourceforge.net" target="_parent">freeglut</a> or + <a href="http://openglut.sourceforge.net" target="_parent">OpenGLUT</a>). +</li> +<li><b>MesaGLUT-x.y.z</b> - Mark Kilgard's GLUT, easily compiled and used + with Mesa. Plus, other implementation of GLUT for DOS, OS/2, BeOS, etc. +</li> +</ul> + +<p> +If you're not interested in running the demos, you'll only need the first +package. +</p> + +<p> +If you're new to this and not sure what you're doing, grab all three packages. +</p> + +<p> +The packages are available in .tar.gz, .tar.bz2 and .zip formats. +Other sites might offer additional package formats. +</p> + +<H1>Unpacking</H1> + +<p> +All the packages should be in the same directory prior to unpacking. +</p> + +<ul> +<li>To unpack .tar.gz files: +<pre> + tar zxf MesaLib-X.Y.tar.gz + tar zxf MesaDemos-X.Y.tar.gz + tar zxf MesaGLUT-X.Y.tar.gz +</pre> +or +<pre> + gzcat MesaLib-X.Y.tar.gz | tar xf - + gzcat MesaDemos-X.Y.tar.gz | tar xf - + gzcat MesaGLUT-X.Y.tar.gz | tar xf - +</pre> +or +<pre> + gunzip MesaLib-X.Y.tar.gz ; tar xf MesaLib-X.Y.tar + gunzip MesaDemos-X.Y.tar.gz ; tar xf MesaDemos-X.Y.tar + gunzip MesaGLUT-X.Y.tar.gz ; tar xf MesaGLUT-X.Y.tar +</pre> +<li>To unpack .tar.bz2 files: +<pre> + bunzip2 -c MesaLib-X.Y.tar.gz | tar xf - + bunzip2 -c MesaDemos-X.Y.tar.gz | tar xf - + bunzip2 -c MesaGLUT-X.Y.tar.gz | tar xf - +</pre> +<li>To unpack .zip files: +<pre> + unzip MesaLib-X.Y.zip + unzip MesaDemos-X.Y.zip + unzip MesaGLUT-X.Y.zip +</pre> +</ul> + + +<h1>Contents</h1> + +<p> +After unpacking you'll have these files and directories (among others): +</p> +<pre> +Makefile - top-level Makefile for most systems +configs/ - makefile parameter files for various systems +include/ - GL header (include) files +bin/ - shell scripts for making shared libraries, etc +docs/ - documentation +src/ - source code for libraries +src/mesa - sources for the main Mesa library and device drivers +src/glu - libGLU source code +src/glx - sources for building libGL with full GLX and DRI support +src/glw - Xt/Motif/OpenGL widget code +</pre> + +If you downloaded and unpacked the MesaDemos.X.Y package: + +<pre> +progs/demos - original Mesa demos +progs/xdemos - GLX OpenGL/Mesa demos +progs/redbook - examples from the OpenGL Programming Guide +progs/samples - examples from SGI +progs/images/ - image files +</pre> + +If you downloaded and unpacked the MesaGLUT.X.Y package: +<pre> +src/glut - GLUT library source code +</pre> + +<p> +Proceed to the <a href="install.html">compilation and installation +instructions</a>. +</p> + + +</BODY> +</HTML> |