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FindOpenGL¶

FindModule for OpenGL and GLU.

IMPORTED Targets¶

This module defines the IMPORTED targets:

OpenGL::GL: Defined if the system has OpenGL.
OpenGL::GLU: Defined if the system has GLU.

Result Variables¶

This module sets the following variables:

OPENGL_FOUND: True, if the system has OpenGL.
OPENGL_XMESA_FOUND: True, if the system has XMESA.
OPENGL_GLU_FOUND: True, if the system has GLU.
OPENGL_INCLUDE_DIR: Path to the OpenGL include directory.
OPENGL_LIBRARIES: Paths to the OpenGL and GLU libraries.

If you want to use just GL you can use these values:

OPENGL_gl_LIBRARY: Path to the OpenGL library.
OPENGL_glu_LIBRARY: Path to the GLU library.

OSX Specific¶

On OSX default to using the framework version of OpenGL. People will have to change the cache values of OPENGL_glu_LIBRARY and OPENGL_gl_LIBRARY to use OpenGL with X11 on OSX.