OpenGL Development Environment Setup with GLEW and FreeGLUT in CLion with Linux Nov 4th 2020 Words: 131
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Install GLEW and FreeGLUT library

Debian/Ubuntu:

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sudo apt install libglew-dev freeglut3-dev

Example project

Create a new project in CLion.

CMakeList.txt
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cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.17)
project(test_app)

set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)

set(OpenGlLinkers -lGLEW -lglut -lGLU -lGL)

add_executable(test_app main.cpp)

target_link_libraries(test_app ${OpenGlLinkers})
main.cpp
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#include <GL/glew.h>
#include <GL/glut.h>

void helloWorld();

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
    glutInit(&argc, argv);
    glutInitDisplayMode(GLUT_RGB);
    glutInitWindowSize(320, 320);
    glutCreateWindow("Hello World");
    glutDisplayFunc(helloWorld);
    glutMainLoop();
    return 0;
}

void helloWorld() {
    glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
    glLoadIdentity();
    glBegin(GL_TRIANGLES);
    glVertex3f(-0.5, -0.5, 0.0);
    glVertex3f(0.5, -0.5, 0.0);
    glVertex3f(0.0, 0.5, 0.0);
    glEnd();
    glFlush();
}

The above app should draw a triangle on the app screen.