Get a cross platform C/C++ extension loading library on your Linux system.
GLEW for Linux provides efficient run-time mechanisms for determining which OpenGL extensions are supported on the target platform. GLEW for Linux gives the cross platform open source C/C++ extension loading library. OpenGL core and extension functionality is exposed in a single header file. GLEW for Linux has been tested on a variety of operating systems, including Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, Irix, and, Solaris.