[Paraview] Fw: Re: Fw: Re: Compilation error

[Samuel Crow]

--- On Wed, 7/9/08, Samuel Crow <samuel_crow_work at rocketmail.com> wrote:

> From: Samuel Crow <samuel_crow_work at rocketmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Paraview] Fw: Re:  Compilation error
> To: "Ken Teague" <kteague at pobox.com>
> Date: Wednesday, July 9, 2008, 4:36 PM
> Mesa is an open-source implementation of the OpenGL library.
>  It is used to access the 3d capabilities of a graphics
> card.  Mesa is normally installed on a computer by default,
> which would suggest that you need to look for the
> Mesa-Developer headers.  I'm afraid I can't tell
> you the exact apt-get command since my Linux box is on
> Mandriva right now.
> 
> 
> --- On Tue, 7/8/08, Ken Teague <kteague at pobox.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > From: Ken Teague <kteague at pobox.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Paraview] Fw: Re:  Compilation error
> > To: samuel_crow_work at rocketmail.com
> > Cc: paraview at paraview.org
> > Date: Tuesday, July 8, 2008, 9:25 PM
> > Samuel Crow wrote:
> > > --- On Tue, 7/8/08, Samuel Crow
> > <samuel_crow_work at rocketmail.com> wrote:
> > >> From: Samuel Crow
> > <samuel_crow_work at rocketmail.com>
> > >> Subject: Re: [Paraview] Compilation error
> > >> To: "Ken Teague"
> > <kteague at pobox.com>
> > >> Date: Tuesday, July 8, 2008, 9:14 PM
> > >> It seems that all of these are references to
> Mesa.
> >  Do you
> > >> have a recent enough version of Mesa
> installed for
> > Paraview
> > >> to recognize it?
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks, Samuel, for the quick reply.  I suppose I do
> not. 
> > I didn't see
> > it as a requirement on the ParaView download page.
> > 
> > Sorry for these fundamental questions, but I'm not
> the
> > person that's
> > going to be using this application, nor do I have much
> of a
> > clue what it
> > does.  I'm just the measly IT guy who's been
> tasked
> > with getting it to
> > work. :-)  What is mesa and where do I get it?  Which
> > version should I
> > get?  Also, if you could give me the name of one of
> > mesa's main files, I
> > can search for a Debian package of it.  Many thanks!
> > 
> > - Ken