freeglut.dll missing

Question

I am reading the OpenGl superbible, and on the very first triangle program it will not run. the program compiles just fine but when i run it, it gave me the error message freeglut.dll is missing from your computer. I downloaded that and put it in the correct directory, and it said that MSVCR71.dll was missing, so i downloaded that and put it in the correct directory and it began to say "The procedure entry point __glutCreateWindowWithExit could not be located in the dynamic link library freeglut.dll." does anyone know what i am doing wrong? i followed all the directions that the book told me.

Solution 1

You can't just grab random DLLs off the interwebtubes and dump them on your PC. There are versioning issues to consider that you're completely bypassing. It should have been a hint when the MSVC runtime dependency didn't link up.

Install the freeGLUT package properly, in its entirety.

Solution 2

I have had the same problem. Follow these steps:

Assuming that you have performed all steps given in the book.

1. Download the source code from companion site…I think the folder is SB5 and its 92 MB.
2. Then build the project named 'freeglut.vcproj'.
3. It will produce freeglut.dll apart from other files.Put freeglut.dll into c:\windows\syswow64 folder and all is done.