JOGL
 
 
JOGL API is a reference implementation of the Java bindings for OpenGL API, and is designed to provide hardware-supported 3D graphics to applications written in Java.

The latest JOGL precompiled binaries and documentation can be downloaded from: https://jogl.dev.java.net/servlets/ProjectDocumentList

More information about JOGL can be found at: https://jogl.dev.java.net/

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Installing JOGL 1.1b07

Information
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Operating system used
Windows XP Home Edition Version 5.1 SP 2

Software prerequisites
Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE) SDK, version 1.4 or higher.
Ant 1.5.1 or higher.


Procedure
  1. Create directory C:\Tools\jogl\lib

  2. Download from https://jogl.dev.java.net/servlets/ProjectDocumentList
    the jogl.jar and jogl-natives-win32.jar into the lib directory.

  3. Unjar jogl-natives-win32.jar, using command:
    jar xvf jogl-natives-win32.jar

    The following files are extracted:

    extracted: jogl.dll
    extracted: jogl_cg.dll
    extracted: META-INF/manifest.mf
    extracted: META-INF/zigbert.sf
    extracted: META-INF/zigbert.rsa

  4. Edit the CLASSPATH variable:
    • Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
    • Click the Advanced tab.
    • Click Environment variables.
    • Edit the CLASSPATH system environment variable:
      CLASSPATH=xxxx;C:\Tools\jogl\lib\jogl.jar

  5. Edit the PATH variable:
    • Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
    • Click the Advanced tab.
    • Click Environment variables.
    • Edit the PATH system environment variable:
      PATH=xxxx;C:\Tools\jogl\lib\

      Note: Make sure the *.dll files are located in C:\Tools\jogl\lib\

  6. JOGL is now installed. To test if all is working, download and unzip jogl-demos-src.zip.
    For example: C:\Tools\jogl\jogl-demos



  7. Open a DOS window and type:

    cd C:\Tools\jogl\jogl-demos\make
    ant

    You will see the following:

    Buildfile: build.xml

    test.for.jogl.demos.jar:

    java.class.path.validate:

    init:

    all:
    [mkdir] Created dir: C:\Tools\jogl\jogl-demos\build\classes
    [javac] Compiling 77 source files to C:\Tools\jogl\jogl-demos\build\classes
    [jar] Building jar: C:\Tools\jogl\jogl-demos\build\jogl-demos.jar
    [jar] Building jar: C:\Tools\jogl\jogl-demos\build\jogl-demos-util.jar
    [jar] Building jar: C:\Tools\jogl\jogl-demos\build\jogl-demos-data.jar
    [zip] Building zip: C:\Tools\jogl\jogl-demos\build\jogl-demos-src.zip

    BUILD SUCCESSFUL

  8. To run the demos, read the C:\Tools\jogl\jogl-demos\doc\readme.html.

  9. A DOS batch file has been written to run the demos.
    Click here to view or right click to download rundemo.bat.

    JOGL Demo menu

    JOGL Demo gear

  10. Optionally you can download and unzip javadoc_public.zip.
    For example: C:\Tools\jogl\javadoc_public.

    This zip file contains an overview of JOGL API.