Working with computer graphics on your own computer

This will help you run graphical programs from the Odin server.

For Mac...

For X11/Xorg graphics forwarding, install XQuartz project.

A stack-exchange thread to help get OpenGL working.

Dartmouth service portal help page.

Columbia help page.


For Windows...

PuTTY ssh client.

Jennifer's PuTTY configuration <---- to set editor column width.

Use this program: wrap.cpp to test your 80-columns.


For OpenGL support:
X Server for use with PuTTY or WSL. Choose one:  Xming  VcXsrv

Install PuTTY and Xming

Another option: Moba XTerm


For Linux...

Open a terminal.

To install OpenGL and all dependencies:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libglu1-mesa-dev freeglut3-dev mesa-common-dev

To install audio components:
sudo apt-get install libopenal1 libopenal-dev
sudo apt-get install libalut0 libalut-dev

The source for this information: stackoverflow post



To see if X11 graphics are working:
   1. log on to Odin server
   2. Enter xeyes
   3. Move your mouse around

To see if X11 and OpenGL are working:
   1. log on to Odin server
   2. Enter glxgears
   3. See the gears spinning