how to setup opengl in ubuntu

opengl packages are in default in build-essential

for compiling opengl programs

-> g++ main.cpp -o simple -I/usr/X11R6/include/ -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lX11 -lglut -lGL -lGLU

for running opengl programs

->Double click the executable in the folder of the source file

or

g++ main.cpp -lGL -lGLU -lglut
double click the a.out
or in terminal type ./a.out