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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6
7 <!ENTITY mesalib-download-http " ">
8 <!ENTITY mesalib-download-ftp
9 "ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/&mesalib-version;/MesaLib-&mesalib-version;.tar.bz2">
10 <!ENTITY mesalib-md5sum "ca915badc9c676f811a5ee514748ef78">
11 <!ENTITY mesalib-size "7.1 MB">
12 <!ENTITY mesalib-buildsize "0.2 GB (additional 2 MB for the docs)">
13 <!ENTITY mesalib-time "6.3 SBU">
14
15]>
16
17<sect1 id="mesalib" xreflabel="MesaLib-&mesalib-version;">
18 <?dbhtml filename="mesalib.html"?>
19
20 <sect1info>
21 <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
22 <date>$Date$</date>
23 </sect1info>
24
25 <title>MesaLib-&mesalib-version;</title>
26
27 <indexterm zone="mesalib">
28 <primary sortas="a-MesaLib">MesaLib</primary>
29 </indexterm>
30
31 <sect2 role="package">
32 <title>Introduction to MesaLib</title>
33
34 <para>
35 <application>Mesa</application> is an OpenGL compatible 3D graphics
36 library.
37 </para>
38
39 &lfs76_checked;
40
41 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
42 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
43 <listitem>
44 <para>
45 Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&mesalib-download-http;"/>
46 </para>
47 </listitem>
48 <listitem>
49 <para>
50 Download (FTP): <ulink url="&mesalib-download-ftp;"/>
51 </para>
52 </listitem>
53 <listitem>
54 <para>
55 Download MD5 sum: &mesalib-md5sum;
56 </para>
57 </listitem>
58 <listitem>
59 <para>
60 Download size: &mesalib-size;
61 </para>
62 </listitem>
63 <listitem>
64 <para>
65 Estimated disk space required: &mesalib-buildsize;
66 </para>
67 </listitem>
68 <listitem>
69 <para>
70 Estimated build time: &mesalib-time;
71 </para>
72 </listitem>
73 </itemizedlist>
74
75 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
76 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
77 <listitem>
78 <para>
79 Recommended patch:
80 <ulink url="&patch-root;/MesaLib-&mesalib-version;-add_xdemos-1.patch"/>
81 (installs 2 demo programs for testing MesaLib - not needed if you
82 install the
83 <ulink url="ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/demos/">mesa-demos</ulink>
84 package)
85 </para>
86 </listitem>
87 </itemizedlist>
88
89 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">MesaLib Dependencies</bridgehead>
90
91 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
92 <para role="required">
93 <xref linkend="xorg7-lib"/>,
94 <xref linkend="libdrm"/>, and
95 <xref linkend="python2"/>
96 </para>
97
98 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
99 <para role="recommended">
100 <xref linkend="elfutils"/> (required for radeonsi 3d drivers),
101 <xref linkend="libvdpau"/> (to build VDPAU drivers),
102 <xref linkend="llvm"/> (required for radeonsi 3d drivers and also for
103 llvmpipe which is intended to be the fastest of the three sw rasterizers,
104 see <ulink url="http://www.mesa3d.org/faq.html#part3"></ulink> )
105 </para>
106
107 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
108 <para role="optional">
109 <ulink url="ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/demos/">mesa-demos</ulink>
110 (provides more than 300 extra demos to test
111 <application>MesaLib</application>; this includes the same programs
112 added by the patch above), and
113 <ulink url="http://wayland.freedesktop.org/">Wayland</ulink>
114 </para>
115
116 <note>
117 <para>
118 The instructions below assume that <application>elfutils</application>
119 and <application>LLVM</application> are installed. You will
120 need to modify the instructions if you choose not to install them.
121 Please note that <application>elfutils</application> and
122 <application>LLVM</application> are <emphasis>required</emphasis>
123 for Radeon 3D drivers. For an explanation of gallium please see
124 <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallium3D"></ulink>.
125 </para>
126 </note>
127
128 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
129 <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/mesalib"/>
130 </para>
131 </sect2>
132
133 <sect2 role="installation">
134 <title>Installation of MesaLib</title>
135
136 <note>
137 <para>
138 Unlike other packages, the
139 <filename>MesaLib-&mesalib-version;.tar.bz2</filename>
140 archive will extract to the
141 <filename class="directory">Mesa-&mesalib-version;</filename>
142 directory.
143 </para>
144 </note>
145
146 <para>
147 If you have downloaded the xdemos patch (needed if testing the Xorg
148 installation per BLFS instructions), apply it by running the following
149 command:
150 </para>
151
152<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../MesaLib-&mesalib-version;-add_xdemos-1.patch</userinput></screen>
153
154 <para>
155 Install <application>MesaLib</application> by running the following
156 commands:
157 </para>
158
159<screen><userinput>./autogen.sh CFLAGS="-O2" CXXFLAGS="-O2" \
160 --prefix=$XORG_PREFIX \
161 --sysconfdir=/etc \
162 --enable-texture-float \
163 --enable-gles1 \
164 --enable-gles2 \
165 --enable-osmesa \
166 --enable-xa \
167 --enable-gbm \
168 --enable-glx-tls \
169 --with-egl-platforms="drm,x11" \
170 --with-gallium-drivers="nouveau,r300,r600,radeonsi,svga,swrast" &amp;&amp;
171make</userinput></screen>
172
173 <para>
174 If you have applied the xdemos patch, build the demo programs by
175 running the following command:
176 </para>
177
178<screen><userinput>make -C xdemos DEMOS_PREFIX=$XORG_PREFIX</userinput></screen>
179
180 <para>
181 This package does not come with a test suite.
182 </para>
183
184 <para>
185 Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
186 </para>
187
188<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
189
190 <para>
191 If you have built the demo programs, install them by running the
192 following command as the
193 <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
194 </para>
195
196<screen role="root"><userinput>make -C xdemos DEMOS_PREFIX=$XORG_PREFIX install</userinput></screen>
197
198 <para>
199 If desired, install the optional documentation by running
200 the following commands as the
201 <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
202 </para>
203
204<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -dm755 /usr/share/doc/MesaLib-&mesalib-version; &amp;&amp;
205cp -rfv docs/* /usr/share/doc/MesaLib-&mesalib-version;</userinput></screen>
206
207 </sect2>
208
209 <sect2 role="commands">
210 <title>Command Explanations</title>
211
212 <para>
213 <parameter>CFLAGS="-O2" CXXFLAGS="-O2"</parameter>: By default,
214 <application>Autoconf</application> sets CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS to
215 "-g -O2". That results in binaries and libraries being built with
216 debugging symbols which make them bigger. Override the default
217 flags to omit -g compiler flag so the final libraries are smaller.
218 </para>
219
220 <para>
221 <parameter>--enable-texture-float</parameter>: This switch enables
222 floating-point textures and render buffers. Please consult
223 <filename>docs/patents.txt</filename> to see if there are
224 any legal issues if you use this feature.
225 </para>
226
227 <para>
228 <parameter>--enable-gles1</parameter>: This switch enables support for
229 OpenGL ES 1.x API.
230 </para>
231
232 <para>
233 <parameter>--enable-gles2</parameter>: This switch enables support for
234 OpenGL ES 2.x API.
235 </para>
236
237 <para>
238 <parameter>--enable-osmesa</parameter>: This switch enables building of
239 the <filename class="libraryfile">libOSMesa</filename> library.
240 </para>
241
242 <para>
243 <parameter>--enable-xa</parameter>: This switch enables building of the
244 XA X Acceleration API (Required for VMware 3D Driver).
245 </para>
246
247 <para>
248 <parameter>--enable-gbm</parameter>: This switch enables building of the
249 <application>Mesa</application> Graphics Buffer Manager library.
250 </para>
251
252 <para>
253 <parameter>--enable-glx-tls</parameter>: This switch enables TLS (Thread Local
254 Storage) support in GLX.
255 </para>
256
257 <para>
258 <parameter>--with-egl-platforms="..."</parameter>: This parameter
259 controls for which platforms EGL should be built. Available
260 platforms are drm, x11 and wayland.
261 </para>
262
263 <para>
264 <parameter>--with-gallium-drivers="..."</parameter>: This parameter
265 controls which Gallium drivers should be built. Available drivers
266 are: i915, ilo, nouveau, r300, r600, radeonsi, svga and swrast. You
267 will need to remove r300, r600 and radeonsi from the list if you did
268 not install <application>elfutils</application> and
269 <application>LLVM</application>.
270 </para>
271
272 <para>
273 <option>--enable-r600-llvm-compiler</option>: Use this switch to
274 enable experimental R600 <application>LLVM</application> backend
275 for graphics shaders which claims to speed up the driver.
276 </para>
277
278 <para>
279 <option>--enable-sysfs</option>: Use this switch to enable simple PCI
280 identification method, required for building DRI on systems without udev.
281 </para>
282
283 </sect2>
284
285 <sect2 role="content">
286 <title>Contents</title>
287
288 <segmentedlist>
289 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
290 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
291 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
292
293 <seglistitem>
294 <seg>
295 glxgears and glxinfo
296 </seg>
297 <seg>
298 libEGL.so,
299 libgbm.so,
300 libglapi.so,
301 libGLESv1_CM.so,
302 libGLESv2.so,
303 libGL.so,
304 libOSMesa.so, and
305 libxatracker.so
306 <!--libXvMCnouveau.so and libXvMCr600.so-->
307 </seg>
308 <seg>
309 $XORG_PREFIX/include/EGL,
310 $XORG_PREFIX/include/GL,
311 $XORG_PREFIX/include/GLES,
312 $XORG_PREFIX/include/GLES2,
313 $XORG_PREFIX/include/GLES3,
314 $XORG_PREFIX/include/KHR,
315 $XORG_PREFIX/lib/dri,
316 $XORG_PREFIX/lib/vdpau, and
317 /usr/share/doc/MesaLib-&mesalib-version; (optional)
318 </seg>
319 </seglistitem>
320 </segmentedlist>
321
322 <variablelist>
323 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
324 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
325 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
326
327 <varlistentry id="glxgears">
328 <term><command>glxgears</command></term>
329 <listitem>
330 <para>
331 is a GL demo useful for troubleshooting graphics
332 problems.
333 </para>
334 <indexterm zone="mesalib glxgears">
335 <primary sortas="b-glxgears">glxgears</primary>
336 </indexterm>
337 </listitem>
338 </varlistentry>
339
340 <varlistentry id="glxinfo">
341 <term><command>glxinfo</command></term>
342 <listitem>
343 <para>
344 is a diagnostic program that displays information about the
345 graphics hardware and installed GL libraries.
346 </para>
347 <indexterm zone="mesalib glxinfo">
348 <primary sortas="b-glxinfo">glxinfo</primary>
349 </indexterm>
350 </listitem>
351 </varlistentry>
352
353 <varlistentry id="libEGL">
354 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libEGL.so</filename></term>
355 <listitem>
356 <para>
357 provides a native platform graphics interface as
358 defined by the EGL-1.4 specification.
359 </para>
360 <indexterm zone="mesalib libEGL">
361 <primary sortas="c-libGL">libEGL.so</primary>
362 </indexterm>
363 </listitem>
364 </varlistentry>
365
366 <varlistentry id="libgbm">
367 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgbm.so</filename></term>
368 <listitem>
369 <para>
370 is the <application>Mesa</application> Graphics Buffer
371 Manager library.
372 </para>
373 <indexterm zone="mesalib libgbm">
374 <primary sortas="c-libgbm">libgbm.so</primary>
375 </indexterm>
376 </listitem>
377 </varlistentry>
378
379 <varlistentry id="libGLESv1_CM">
380 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libGLESv1_CM.so</filename></term>
381 <listitem>
382 <para>
383 is the <application>Mesa</application> OpenGL ES 1.1 library.
384 </para>
385 <indexterm zone="mesalib libGLESv1_CM">
386 <primary sortas="c-libGLESv1_CM">libGLESv1_CM.so</primary>
387 </indexterm>
388 </listitem>
389 </varlistentry>
390
391 <varlistentry id="libGLES2">
392 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libGLES2.so</filename></term>
393 <listitem>
394 <para>
395 is the <application>Mesa</application> OpenGL ES 2.0 library.
396 </para>
397 <indexterm zone="mesalib libGLES2">
398 <primary sortas="c-libGLES2">libGLES2.so</primary>
399 </indexterm>
400 </listitem>
401 </varlistentry>
402
403 <varlistentry id="libGL">
404 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libGL.so</filename></term>
405 <listitem>
406 <para>
407 is the main <application>Mesa</application> OpenGL library.
408 </para>
409 <indexterm zone="mesalib libGL">
410 <primary sortas="c-libGL">libGL.so</primary>
411 </indexterm>
412 </listitem>
413 </varlistentry>
414
415 <varlistentry id="libOSMesa">
416 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libOSMesa.so</filename></term>
417 <listitem>
418 <para>
419 is the <application>Mesa</application> Off-screen Rendering library.
420 </para>
421 <indexterm zone="mesalib libOSMesa">
422 <primary sortas="c-libOSMesa">libOSMesa.so</primary>
423 </indexterm>
424 </listitem>
425 </varlistentry>
426
427 <varlistentry id="libxatracker">
428 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libxatracker.so</filename></term>
429 <listitem>
430 <para>
431 is the Xorg Gallium3D acceleration library.
432 </para>
433 <indexterm zone="mesalib libxatracker">
434 <primary sortas="c-libxatracker">libxatracker.so</primary>
435 </indexterm>
436 </listitem>
437 </varlistentry>
438 </variablelist>
439
440 </sect2>
441
442</sect1>
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