Hello Everybody

Can anyone help me out with any simple sample C graphics application in Linux....

What are the libraries and API's available in linux to support Graphics application..

Thanks
Hazzy

SDL is a good library and used by game developers.

You can also use OpenGL for 3d stuff, but be warned that performance will be poor unless X use 3d accelerated drivers. Otherwise it will use Mesa indirect.

I'd strongly recommend looking at GTK+, if you're running from the Linux GUI (X windows) desktop.

hazzyb,

Check these out:
http://www.libsdl.org/opengl/index.php
http://andrew.textux.com/tutorials/tut1/tutorial1.html
http://andrew.textux.com/tutorials/tut2/tutorial2.html
http://www.opengl.org/documentation/

@paulsm4, the OP meant graphics programming not GUI programming.

svgalib (www.svgalib.org) is easy to use, but people tend to overlook it because it doesn't fit in well with the modern X graphics paradigm. I have a program (experix project in sourceforge) that plots graphs and writes text using a svgalib-based graphics server.

GTK+: can be a little overwealming but I was able to understand it alot better then xlib. It is slower tho i will admit.

never tried svgalib before but thanks for the link ill have to check that out.

GTK+: will confuse you on all its diffrent versions as well and for larger apps it can get a little confusing on what does what or how this is related to that.


ncurses: is cool but can be a freekin nightmare. i still dont understand colums
and rows

Qt: dont know anything about this think i made a program with it before i Knew anything about C

xlib: Try if you dare you might find it more understandable then me. Never could get my hello world program to display.