Hey Guys, Please help me out on this.....

I need to make a project on graphics using openGL in linux for my course on linux in my college.

I downloaded the tar.gz files of MESA 7.4.1 (thats the latest version)
and then unpacked it as explained.
till this step all was going well.

I wanted to try & understand how to use OpenGL libraries and its functions using the demos given in MesaDemos directory that i downloaded.

Now here lies the problem.....
when i use make command to install the mesa3d openGl on fedora 10 using the given configs there came an unfamiliar error that i couldn't resolve on my own.

I need u guys to help me out on this asap as my project submission deadline is just two weeks from now.

I know the post is getting too long for a small question, but what to do, i have so much to ask.....

following are the error messages i got, if this could help in resolving my problem.

when I used "make linux-dri" (thats to include 3d accelaration) I got

[User@localhost Mesa-7.4.1]$ make linux-dri
(cd configs && rm -f current && ln -s linux-dri current)
make default
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/User/Documents/Mesa/Mesa-7.4.1'
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/User/Documents/Mesa/Mesa-7.4.1/src'
Making sources for linux-dri
make[3]: Entering directory `/home/User/Documents/Mesa/Mesa-7.4.1/src/glx/x11'
touch depend
makedepend -fdepend -I. -I../../../include -I../../../include/GL/internal -I../../../src/mesa -I../../../src/mesa/glapi `pkg-config --cflags libdrm` -I/usr/X11R6/include glcontextmodes.c clientattrib.c compsize.c eval.c glxcmds.c glxcurrent.c glxext.c glxextensions.c indirect.c indirect_init.c indirect_size.c indirect_window_pos.c indirect_texture_compression.c indirect_transpose_matrix.c indirect_vertex_array.c indirect_vertex_program.c pixel.c pixelstore.c render2.c renderpix.c single2.c singlepix.c vertarr.c xfont.c glx_pbuffer.c glx_query.c drisw_glx.c dri_common.c dri_glx.c XF86dri.c glxhash.c dri2_glx.c dri2.c \
../../../src/mesa/main/dispatch.c ../../../src/mesa/glapi/glapi.c ../../../src/mesa/glapi/glapi_getproc.c ../../../src/mesa/glapi/glthread.c
/bin/sh: makedepend: command not found
make[3]: *** No rule to make target `depend', needed by `default'. Stop.
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/User/Documents/Mesa/Mesa-7.4.1/src/glx/x11'
make[2]: *** [subdirs] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/User/Documents/Mesa/Mesa-7.4.1/src'
make[1]: *** [default] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/User/Documents/Mesa/Mesa-7.4.1'
make: *** [linux-dri] Error 2

when that didn't work i used " make linux-x86 " (thats to install only mesa libs, without 3d acc.) i got

[User@localhost Mesa-7.4.1]$ make linux-x86
(cd configs && rm -f current && ln -s linux-x86 current)
make default
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/User/Documents/Mesa/Mesa-7.4.1'
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/User/Documents/Mesa/Mesa-7.4.1/src'
Making sources for linux-x86
make[3]: Entering directory `/home/User/Documents/Mesa/Mesa-7.4.1/src/mesa'
running makedepend
make[3]: *** No rule to make target `depend', needed by `default'. Stop.
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/User/Documents/Mesa/Mesa-7.4.1/src/mesa'
make[2]: *** [subdirs] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/User/Documents/Mesa/Mesa-7.4.1/src'
make[1]: *** [default] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/User/Documents/Mesa/Mesa-7.4.1'
make: *** [linux-x86] Error 2

I again request all of you guys to please help me on this...
Thanx in advance.....

You need the makedepend command that is available by the imake package in Fedora.
Don't forget to run
before trying to compile Mesa again.

have you tried this to reinstall them
mesa is installed by default
if you installed the Nvidia.run driver YOU MUST DO THIS
or if you did not install the devel packages do this ( for building code )

hey guys thankyou for your replies.

by the way , bathory , i'll be very grateful if you could elaborate on your post. how am i gonna run the command makedepend.

I am really very new to linux, so please help me out and explain your post......

i am doubtful, is it that my mesa library's "make" command doesn't gets completed because my mesa folder is way too deep within the directory tree, should i place the folder right under my home directory?????

please reply asap. its urgent
thanks in advance.......

Since you're new to Linux, you may consider what John VV has posted, about installing the Mesa-devel package that will let you use it to build your own app.
If for some reason you want to use the latest Mesa sources, then you need to install first the imake package that provides the missing makedepend command. I guess you have to run
Once imake is installed you can try to build again Mesa.