问题
I recently began working with Open GL 4.0 using the Redbook 8th edition. From the start of the morning until now I wasn't able to compile the 'HelloWorld' of OpenGL programs.
I configured the dependencies, transferred file contents of freeGlut/GLEW/GLSL to the respective VC folder for my VS 2013 C++ IDE. I eventually became convinced that the catalyst for this breakdown of events happened because VS was referencing multiple lib files in different locations and the linker couldn't make heads- to tails of what it was referencing.
However I realized another issue that I was naive/ignorant about. Could I be having compiling issues not because of my dependency configuration but because I only have a built in chipset instead of a card and no MESA?
I don't know if my built-in chipset supports openGL 4.0
Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000
EDIT: My compiltation errors within VS 2013 give no 'clue' that its a hardware issue. All of them are LNK2005 issues.
回答1:
You can compile GL4 programs all day long. Totally independent of what graphics hardware you may or may not have. Hell, you can cross-compile Win32 OpenGL programs from a headless Linux box using MinGW if you really wanted to!
Whether or not you can run those programs is a function of your GL implementation.
Wiki claims you can do GL 4.0 with your HD 4000 on Windows.
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20864454/can-i-program-compile-opengl-4-0-code-on-my-computer-without-a-graphics-card-or