OpenGL in Python with PyOpenGL

Wed, Aug 19, 2020 1-minute read

Installation for Ubuntu based OS

Requirements

  • Python 3
  • python3-pip

Open the terminal

Update the system

sudo apt-get update

For PyOpenGL packages

pip3 install PyOpenGL PyOpenGL_accelerate

For freeglut

sudo apt-get install libglu1-mesa-dev freeglut3-dev mesa-common-dev

To check the installation

  • Open a new python file

  • Enter the code

      from OpenGL.GL import *
      from OpenGL.GLU import *
      from OpenGL.GLUT import *
      print('package Import Successful') 
      # If you see this printed to the console then installation was successful
    

For sample programs

Refer kiranmurali93/pyopengl_lab