GLEW: The OpenGL Extension Wrangler Library

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Last Update: 01-24-2026
| # The OpenGL Extension Wrangler Library (GLEW) ## Building GLEW ### Windows A MS Visual Studio project is provided in the `build/vc6` directory. Pre-built shared and static libraries are also available for download. ### Makefile For platforms other than MS Windows, the provided `Makefile` is used. #### Command-line variables
`SYSTEM` | auto | Target system to build: darwin, linux, solaris, etc. For a full list of supported targets: `ls config/Makefile.*` config.guess is used to auto detect, as necessary.
`GLEW_DEST` | `/usr` | Base directory for installation.
#### Make targets
`all` | Build everything.
`glew.lib` | Build static and dynamic GLEW libraries.
`glew.lib.mx` | Build static and dynamic GLEWmx libraries.
`glew.bin` | Build `glewinfo` and `visualinfo` utilities.
`clean` | Delete temporary and built files.
`install.all` | Install everything.
`install` | Install GLEW libraries.
`install.mx` | Install GLEWmx libraries.
`install.bin` | Install `glewinfo` and `visualinfo` utilities.
`uninstall` | Delete installed files.
#### Requirements GNU make perl wget GNU sed gcc compiler git Ubuntu:
    sudo apt-get install libXmu-dev libXi-dev libgl-dev dos2unix git wget
Fedora:
    sudo yum install libXmu-devel libXi-devel libGL-devel dos2unix git wget