FreeWRL Fedora Core 5 build notes.

FreeWRL install on a new Ubuntu installation. (last update: July 24, 2006)

CRC has outlined the following on new builds on 32 bit and AMD64 bit machines. All machines had NVidia graphics cards. We always appreciate comments on our methods, so if you disagree with any of the following, please indicate what it is to us.

0) Verify that glx is working. run in a terminal window the command "glxinfo". If you get a message indicating that

        name of display: :0.0
        Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual

you have to run the program

        nvidia-xconfig

and log out, then back in again.

1)Add all available repositories to the Ubuntu Synaptic Package Manager.

start up Synaptic Package Manager;
click "Settings" "Repositories" - then click on ALL Channels to enable.
click on "Edit" "Reload package information"

Then use this utility to add the following packages:

build-essential
libmad0-dev
sox
imagemagick
libfreetype6-dev
free-java-sdk
libpng12-dev
libjpeg62-dev
lesstif2-dev
libxaw7-dev
nvidia-glx-dev

2) Create symbolic links to enable the installer to find two libraries by typing in the following:

% sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libXm.so.2 /usr/lib/libXm.so

3) Download the freewrl source from http://freewrl.sf.net. The release must be 1.18.2 or greater. Unpack it as follows (assumes freewrl-1.18.2 - change this to suit your download release).

gunzip freewrl-1.18.2.tar.gz
tar -xf freewrl-1.18.2.tar
cd freewrl-1.18.2

4) Make and Install FreeWRL with the following commands:

% sudo perl Makefile.PL
% sudo make
% sudo make install

5) You now should have a functioning version of FreeWRL installed. There may still be problems on AMD64 boxes; we are working through issues here.