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    First question

    After a fresh install of Qt 5.4 and attempting to compile the first example I get cannot find -lGL where do I start looking for the problem. Everything works fine on my Windoze box.

    Any ideas?

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      Hi, and welcome to the Qt Dev Net!

      You need to install OpenGL development libraries.

      Qt Doc Search for browsers: forum.qt.io/topic/35616/web-browser-extension-for-improved-doc-searches

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        Thank you fro coming back!

        it was installed with apt-get install mesa-comon-dev

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          SOLVED

          you need to install both
          sudo apt-get install mesa-common-dev
          sudo apt-get install freeglut3-dev

          Regards

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