Developing openGL on Ubuntu on the Windows Linux Subsystem

openGL_on_WLSS.md

1. Install Ubuntu through the Windows store

2. Enable rendering of GUI applications from Ubuntu/WLSS in Windows using a Windows X-server

• Install VxSrv on Windows
• On Ubuntu/WLSS open .bashrc and add the following lines to the end, then save file and restart:

# tell GUI display to use the Windows X-server listening on localhost:0.0
export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0
# make rendering happen on the Windows side of things rather than Ubuntu
export LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1

3. Install libraries needed for openGL dev:

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