Trying to get GLUT working on Xcode

[Sreenivas_Krishnan]

I have a Mac Snow Leopard (version 10.6.5) and Xcode installed (version 3.2.4; 64 bit).

I am new to Open GL and am just getting started; trying to create my first app.

Since I do not know objective C, I thought I would start using GLUT.

I am just trying to draw a black window.

Steps I followed:

1. Created a new project with and selected “Cocoa Application”

2. In the Linked Framedworks, added OpenGL and GLUT; deleted Cocoa

3. Created a main.c and pasted the following code
   #include <stdlib.h>

#include <GLUT/glut.h>

void display(void)
{
glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);

glutSwapBuffers();

}

void reshape(int width, int height)
{
glViewport(0, 0, width, height);
}

void idle(void)
{
glutPostRedisplay();
}

int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
glutInit(&argc, argv);

glutInitDisplayMode(GLUT_RGBA | GLUT_DOUBLE | GLUT_DEPTH);
glutInitWindowSize(640, 480);

glutCreateWindow("GLUT Program");

glutDisplayFunc(display);
glutReshapeFunc(reshape);
glutIdleFunc(idle);

glutMainLoop();
return EXIT_SUCCESS;

}

4. Did a build and run but get the following linking error:
   ld: duplicate symbol _main in /Users/NewOglUser/Scratch/OGL/XcodeGLUT/build/XcodeGLUT.build/Debug/XcodeGLUT.build/Objects-normal/x86_64/main-C7DF8B59B4D4D553.o and /Users/cheenu/Scratch/OGL/XcodeGLUT/build/XcodeGLUT.build/Debug/XcodeGLUT.build/Objects-normal/x86_64/main-B9843B6026D6EFA4.o

Any ideas on what I am missing?

Should I be going this route or just go through the pain of learning minimal objective C first?

My aim is to get an understanding of OpenGL (fairly new to 3D) and hence I am trying to write some apps to understand the spec.

Thanks very much for any help and advice on this!

[arekkusu]

The build error is telling you exactly what’s wrong. You have two main() implementations.

The template includes a few other files implementing the basic Cocoa skeleton, which you should delete if you want a basic C GLUT app:
main.m
<app name>_AppDelegate.*
MainMenu.xib

See also:
http://blog.onesadcookie.com/2007/12/xcodeglut-tutorial.html

[Sreenivas_Krishnan]

That did it. Thanks!

I had gone through the tutorial above which I think is on a different Xcode version than mine.