SupportGLFW is a support class library with the Graphics Library Framework (GLFW) for KVS. By checking the flag KVS_SUPPORT_GLFW in the kvs.cong, GLFW supported classes are compiled and available. The SupportGLFW is required for developping viewer application based on KVS.
KVS_SUPPORT_GLFW = 1To compile the SupportGLFW, the GLFW needs to be installed.
On Linux, the GLFW can be installed from a terminal as follows.
$ sudo apt-get install libglfw3-dev
In the case of Mac, the GLFW can be installed by using Homebrew on a terminal as follows.
$ brew install glfw
For Windows, The GLFW binary can be downloaded from the following site.
Click on "64-bit Windows binraries" or "32-bit Windows binaries" in the download page to download the zip file. After extracting the files, copy these files into the following folders.
| Files | Folders |
|---|---|
| glfw3.dll | Same folder as GLUT DLL folder, in which glut32.dll is included. |
| glfw3.lib, glfw3dll.lib | Same folder as GLUT static library folder, in which glut32.lib is included. |
| glfw3.h, glfw3native.h | Same folder as GLUT header folder, in which glut.h is included. |
- The library files (*.dll, *.lib) and header files (*.h) are included in lib-xxxx and include/GLFW folders, respectively.
- "xxxx" of lib-xxxx means compiler name (version of MSVC) used for building the SupportGLFW.
- For GLUT folders, see SupportGLUT/README.