OpenGL static linking

[slotdev]

I have just put my application on a target system, and for whatever reason it doesn't have OpenGL installed, and complains that OpenGL32.dll is missing.

Can I static link OpenGL in my application so I don't have to worry about this? Or should the question be, do the -s versions of the SFML libraries static link to OpenGL ?

Thanks

[Laurent]

It's not that simple

If OpenGL is not installed it means that the PC doesn't have a compatible graphics card / driver (OpenGL is not a regular library, it's only a spec, each vendor must provide its implementation).

So your target PC has serious graphics problems, that must be solved before trying to run any OpenGL application.

[slotdev]

So your target PC has serious graphics problems, that must be solved before trying to run any OpenGL application.

All 9000 of them    Oh. Dear.

The graphics card's driver utility (Intel Extreme Graphics 2 for Mobile - yes it is that rubbish) suggests it has OpenGL enabled, but nowhere on the hard drive is there any OpenGL dlls.

[Laurent]

The graphics card's driver utility (Intel Extreme Graphics 2 for Mobile - yes it is that rubbish) suggests it has OpenGL enabled

Have you installed the latest drivers? Have you tried a non-SFML OpenGL application?

[slotdev]

Laurent

I can't install any drivers, or change the configuration of the system whatsoever. The game will eventually be released on to many thousands of (automated) machines.

The only thing I can do is package any necessary DLLs with the executable.

I will try another pure OpenGL app and see what happens. Not much, I suspect.

[Xander314]

Why can't you install drivers? Because it needs to be compatible with lots of systems? An OpenGL driven library obviously will only run on systems with OpenGL.

EDIT: I think Laurent was saying that you can't package the OpenGL dll, as the implementation is hardware dependent.