OpenGL Programming/Installation/GLUT

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GLUT is the utility toolkit that provides Window management for OpenGL applications and their interface with the operating system.

[edit] Downloading GLUT

To start with, you need to download a version of GLUT - while you can use precompiled binaries for Windows, some platforms require you to download the source code and try the compilation. http://www.opengl.org/resources/libraries/glut/

[edit] GLUT Licensing

The current version of GLUT is not open source - however, third parties have created compatible libraries that either simulate the behaviour of GLUT or create an independent method for handling Window systems.