OpenGL setup: GLFW and GLAD in Visual Studio Code on macOS

[@magicman02]

You have no idea how much this tutorial helped me. I was struggling to find a good tutorial for this EXACT thing and you did it perfectly and clearly.

[@idkwhatIshouldsayhere]

Indian Programming Legend comes to save the day again...

[@sungjuyea4627]

As a person who uses VSCode on MacOs, this works perfectly! Thanks!!!

[@namanagrawal7703]

Thanks man, this really helped, was stuck for 2 hours, trying to figure it out for my MBP M2 Pro

[@dawidklyta2515]

I have done everything as you said, and it built but did't want to run app. I found out that i needed to add one more line in the task.json inside args "-Wl,-rpath,@executable_path/lib" and now it works perfectly. Thanks very much.

[@aninosspro]

thanks for the video. you fix in a 4 min what I was stuck in for the past 3 to 5 hours, keep the grease work

[@nunzioturtulici9636]

I wanna say thank you! I would gone crazy trying to set up all without your video...thanks for sharing!

[@somabencsik]

Thank you so much, I was looking for a tutorial for like hours until I finally saw your video, and it is working, thanks once again!

[@aaaakko139]

Best one! Really help me figure out how to build OpenGL with vscode

[@maxrathbone-boschis547]

This is what I have been looking for ages, THANK!!

[@mr.mclovin8415]

You made the process so easy . Brilliant tutorial .

[@fullViewJay]

Great simple and easy tutorial. Thank you! You can also change the file type to be glad.cpp as well to avoid adding the extra path to the args list

[@vante6886]

Worked perfectly in mac M1, thank you!

[@sanjaygupta231]

Thanks so much, I finally understand what's going on with the JSON files 😂

[@aomadeira]

Simple and straight to the point, thanks!

[@WyattJebef-r9t]

Actual GOAT, ty ty ty

[@lolaueda8206]

It is so clear! Thank you so much! I was waiting for it the whole year. Would you be teaching how to use VSC set up for 3D with shaders, where we add more separate files?? You made my day!

[@torcat]

The instructions were PERFECTLY. Thank you so much buddy!

[@РусланКононов-ч9я]

Большое спасибо, добрый человек

[@sauravregmi2872]

Great instructions - easy to follow. Highly recommended!!!

[@prashantshrestha5564]

you made the entire process too easy. thanks buddy now i can bang my head in the wall

[@viggenzz]

thanks a lot. you are doing god's work. exactly what I needed.

[@stamponfloormagic]

hi, I am having trouble getting the file to run using the first code, the error message I keep getting is: ~/main.cpp:1:10: fatal error: 'GLFW/glfw3.h' file not found #include ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1 error generated. Build finished with error(s). any recommendations for how to solve? Thanks :)

[@rosxnb]

Maybe you entered the include path wrong. If you still have problem let me know

[@iamadityavaishy]

@@rosxnb I have the same problem. Help please

[@raghavav9097]

{ "version": "2.0.0", "tasks": [ { "type": "cppbuild", "label": "C/C++: clang build active file", "command": "/usr/bin/clang", "args": [ "-std=c++17", "-fcolor-diagnostics", "-fansi-escape-codes", "-Wall", "-g", "-I/opt/homebrew/opt/glfw/include", // Updated include path "-L/opt/homebrew/opt/glfw/lib", // Updated library path "-lglfw", // Link GLFW library "-lc++", // Link with the C++ standard library "${workspaceFolder}/*.cpp", // Source files "-o", "${workspaceFolder}/app", // Output executable "-framework", "OpenGL", "-framework", "Cocoa", "-framework", "IOKit", "-framework", "CoreVideo", "-framework", "CoreFoundation", "-Wno-deprecated" ], "options": { "cwd": "${fileDirname}" }, "problemMatcher": [ "$gcc" ], "group": { "kind": "build", "isDefault": true }, "detail": "compiler: /usr/bin/clang" } ] } use this it will work

[@cornsalad14]

​@@raghavav9097 where to use it, like in terminal or in any particular file?

[@SCDCutler]

@@cornsalad14 tasks.json

[@popcultureprogrammer2171]

@rosxnb THANK YOU SO MUCH! I've been banging my head against the wall trying to figure this all out for WEEKS, since I dont have admin privileges on my school Macbook so I cant install libraries at root. I circumvented it by simply just having Homebrew on the desktop, and other than that, followed your tutorial exactly. I dont usually 'like' videos ( because I'm lazy & usually dont love the content on YT, but you earned it!. Thank you!

[@ReggaeUnicorn]

Nice job mate, much better than the official docs and much clearer.

[@gurinderkaur6817]

fatal error: 'glad/glad.h' file not found #include ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1 error generated. i go this error please help

[@raghavav9097]

{ "version": "2.0.0", "tasks": [ { "type": "cppbuild", "label": "C/C++: clang build active file", "command": "/usr/bin/clang", "args": [ "-std=c++17", "-fcolor-diagnostics", "-fansi-escape-codes", "-Wall", "-g", "-I/opt/homebrew/opt/glfw/include", // Updated include path "-L/opt/homebrew/opt/glfw/lib", // Updated library path "-lglfw", // Link GLFW library "-lc++", // Link with the C++ standard library "${workspaceFolder}/*.cpp", // Source files "-o", "${workspaceFolder}/app", // Output executable "-framework", "OpenGL", "-framework", "Cocoa", "-framework", "IOKit", "-framework", "CoreVideo", "-framework", "CoreFoundation", "-Wno-deprecated" ], "options": { "cwd": "${fileDirname}" }, "problemMatcher": [ "$gcc" ], "group": { "kind": "build", "isDefault": true }, "detail": "compiler: /usr/bin/clang" } ] } use this it will work

[@nikoniko5570]

Holy shit, man I LOVE YOU

[@mrunalkadhane5883]

Hi I am getting this error dyld[74341]: Library not loaded: @rpath/libglfw.3.dylib after running ./app in the terminal. Can you please help with this

[@ritikanankar7207]

did you solve the issue? am getting the same one

[@johnyeap7133]

same

[@luckysun1852]

amazing videos, you saved my life.

[@pierre-loicpennaneach]

after continuing on with the tutorial i still have an issue where it fails tp build successfully saying that there isn't a glad header folder to find/use when there clearly is one

[@AndreaDiaz-zy3jd]

I have a problem building the app, It says "building for macOS-x86_64 but attempting to link with file built for macOS-arm64" and I see the solution is to add the "-DCMAKE_APPLE_SILICON_PROCESSOR=arm64" I add after the version of C++ on the build file, but It doesn't work

[@donnychan1999]

You are a savior sir

[@d1legends157]

For the first sample code, my build starts but never seems to finish... what can I do?

[@12Vencedor]

xcode wouldnt work. i tried everything 3 hours. this at first didnt worked too until i double checked that i copied wrong folder. now it works!!! thank you very much!!

[@mona-wy4yn]

thank you so much for this u are a life savior!

[@ishiniavindya103]

Great tutorial thank you. Worked so well with my Macbook M1

[@minanaji9597]

Works on M1 macbook! Thanks!

[@ВладимирКуцев-б3п]

thank you so much, this was incredibly helpful :)

[@朱禾兴]

Thx. Great video! Although I got this "code in description" after typing and following the video for ten minutes😅

[@adamspiano]

Thanks so much for this!!

[@mira2642]

i couldn't find the glfw file in my mac

[@brunocastro7858]

nice number of subs, my guy

[@ankansaha3260]

I had followed all the steps.. but there showed me this error......."'GLFW/glfw3.h' file not found". this file is on the right place, but probably the compiler can't detect it.. what would I do to solve this..??

[@Aaans-bd8ep]

have you figured out how to solve this error? I have the same

[@ankansaha3260]

@@Aaans-bd8ep Yes, I did.

[@ryanliu8665]

how? lol @@ankansaha3260

[@raghavav9097]

{ "version": "2.0.0", "tasks": [ { "type": "cppbuild", "label": "C/C++: clang build active file", "command": "/usr/bin/clang", "args": [ "-std=c++17", "-fcolor-diagnostics", "-fansi-escape-codes", "-Wall", "-g", "-I/opt/homebrew/opt/glfw/include", // Updated include path "-L/opt/homebrew/opt/glfw/lib", // Updated library path "-lglfw", // Link GLFW library "-lc++", // Link with the C++ standard library "${workspaceFolder}/*.cpp", // Source files "-o", "${workspaceFolder}/app", // Output executable "-framework", "OpenGL", "-framework", "Cocoa", "-framework", "IOKit", "-framework", "CoreVideo", "-framework", "CoreFoundation", "-Wno-deprecated" ], "options": { "cwd": "${fileDirname}" }, "problemMatcher": [ "$gcc" ], "group": { "kind": "build", "isDefault": true }, "detail": "compiler: /usr/bin/clang" } ] } use this it will work

[@chhavi019]

hi can you also explain how to add GLUT too?

[@octaviotastico]

Thanks man! Very appreciated!

[@rylee5233]

Thank you !Thats is really helpful and clear

[@syi14]

why i do not have the c/c++ compiler?

[@DevelopedEgg]

Helped a lot thanks

[@Sony_MiniDisc]

I love indian programming tutorials

[@pierre-loicpennaneach]

anyone else have the issue of not being able to open the source code for the header file?

[@gamerxl369]

I'm experiencing the same problem. Works fine initially but once i try to set up glad and test the new code to build it i get errors. Well i was gonna complain more, but it after moving the file out of the folder and then putting it back in for some reason it miraculously worked... Not sure what i did. Like i am still geting error glad/glad.h file not found but it bypassed it and i got it to print the triangle

[@ilt_RIAD65]

i need help. my error is: error: invalid argument '-std=c++17' not allowed with 'C'. how do i right now

[@abdullaannoman332]

clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation) Build finished with error(s).

[@aunesto17]

Hello. Thanks for this guide, I'm about to start a course that needs OpenGL and I only have a mac laptop so this is great. While trying to run Sample code 1 I get this error: Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64: "_main", referenced from: implicit entry/start for main executable ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64 clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation) Could you please help me.

[@danniel90]

This was very helpful. Thanks!

[@wilchardruin]

it's a great begin , thanks

[@pierre-loicpennaneach]

i've followed your steps correctly up until the build but it gives me "clang: error: no such file or directory: '/Users/monsieurpipes/local_Uni_Files/2nd Year/comp2006/cw2/*.cpp' clang: error: no such file or directory: '/Users/monsieurpipes/local_Uni_Files/2nd Year/comp2006/cw2/glad.c'" any ideas why??

[@sandeep.p7]

How to run the code after "build run sucessfully"

[@rosxnb]

you could just type "./app" in the terminal. Make sure you are in the right directory and you can see the "app" file. we name the executable as "app" with following command in the tutorial { "-o", "${workspaceFolder}/app" }

[@ngvi84]

can u instruct me include glut library

[@preetikumari538]

Doing as it is why it is showing terminal failed please help me with this

[@abdulhakim9537]

Thank you so much bro

[@sheldonxu635]

i made a mistake creating the main.cpp under the dependancy folder, im so dumbbb

[@Itsme-yq7cj]

After repeating what you did, it gives me "clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)". I would appreciate if someone helps me. P.S I am using glfw 3.3.9

[@chrystalmathias1185]

brew command not found -it says in the terminal

[@sanghamitradas9437]

Hey. Mine is stuck at "Starting build..." for over 15mins now. Do you have any clue why? No other errors.

[@purassicjark]

Does GLEW need to be installed as well?

[@_nakhoo_]

I got an error: clang: error: no such file or directory: '/Users/.../Desktop/youtube/*.cpp'

[@ayushsah8077]

replace the apt arg with this: "${workspaceFolder}/${fileBasenameNoExtension}.cpp" and you are good to go

[@ashersaipe]

thanks so much for this! however the second example code link doesnt work. is this just me? please could you just reply with the code?

[@rosxnb]

code I used was from learnopengl.com which by the way is great resource to learn about OpenGL if you are a beginner. here is the link: learnopengl.com/code_viewer_gh.php?code=src/1.getting_started/2.1.hello_triangle/hello_triangle.cpp

[@oscarv6907]

This worked really well for me, although I changed my task.json because my folder structure was different.

[@joahnoub173]

Amazing thanks!

[@ammarhamdy289]

my visual studio on Mac m1 cannot select a file to open

[@ww25_td]

Hi I am getting warning saying ld: warning: dylib was built for newer macOS version (13.0) then being linked (12.3). Do you have any suggestions? I am using the most up to date version of glfw and my Mac is 13?

[@SlurpCode]

I choose the same default build task however my args structure is different, is this normal and do I need to change it?

[@rylee5233]

I cant start build after using conmand shift B ....what happened?or is there any other way to build?

[@rylee5233]

OK I found it in just under Terminal

[@fox20431]

awesome! think you so much!!!

[@ephysio7357]

Very good tutorial, thank you !

[@zhenko9841]

Great tutorial, but u need to change the sound.

[@sergioruppel7269]

i have a question, now that we modified the task.json file, will it be used for every c++ file we compile?

[@rosxnb]

you should include every cpp file path in task.json individually. All this is exactly like the commands you would pass to the compiler with flags and list of files but task.json is like script which invokes the compiler command each time so you won't have to write long commands every time you want to compile your files.

[@ryanliu8665]

build is taking forever, anyone have any ideas?

[@ЕкатеринаОстров]

Thank you!

[@rameshsharma4023]

Thank you sir🥰.it help me a lot💐💐💐

[@savo0403]

hi! when i do the brew install glfw i get the error "zsh: command not found: brew" but it says that installation is successful

[@rosxnb]

checkout following stack overflow discussion stackoverflow.com/questions/36657321/after-installing-homebrew-i-get-zsh-command-not-found-brew/71919315

[@savo0403]

@@rosxnb Thank you so much but now when i run specific code it says 'GL/glew.h' file not found what should i do

[@rosxnb]

It's because you probably haven't specified the path for the GLEW. In this tutorial, I have used glad which is an alternative for the GLEW, so provide path to the files in task.json as I have done in video for the libraries.

[@gregfrllo]

thank you so much

[@1-upprotocol621]

Legend, tysm

[@ddmichael9035]

Hi, have you tried to include ASSIMP in the project? I followed your instruction to set up the OpenGL environment, but there seems to have linking issue when I include ASSIMP into the project. Any hint?

[@rosxnb]

The linking process must be similar as I have shown for glad and glfw in the video. Maybe It has other dependencies, make sure you link all them. Unfortunately I haven't tried ASSIMP.

[@ericdomer3292]

hello im not able to find libglfw.3.3.dylib im only able to find libglfw.3.dylib please please please help out

[@rosxnb]

have you tried re-downloading GLFW and check if the files exits?

[@johnyeap7133]

same here only libglfw.3.dylib

[@ДимаИванов-е8у]

Thank you a lot!

[@محمدظافر-ذ1ذ]

for love of the god i need help its not working and i need it real bad for my study please answer me as you can🙏

[@rosxnb]

what error message are you getting?

[@d1legends157]

I finished the tutorial and the second sample code compiled and ran! I see why programmers lose their hair.

[@nijhoomofficial]

Thanks a lot

[@jhalakgiri8612]

Keep it up 👍

[@Israeli8103]

not working for arm64

[@alexba88ify]

Are you also getting some error about duplicate _main?

[@pr8880]

Thanks sir for Gl setup. It troublesoot my problem

[@jakehues]

Hi, im getting this error: cannot open source file "OpenGL/gl.h" and this inside my glfw3.h: #include #include errors detected please update your includePath. Any ideas? Thanks :D

[@rosxnb]

Path to the file "OpenGl/gl.h" is actually provided by OpenGL framework. Make sure you pass the flag "-framework OpenGL" without spelling error

[@raghavav9097]

{ "version": "2.0.0", "tasks": [ { "type": "cppbuild", "label": "C/C++: clang build active file", "command": "/usr/bin/clang", "args": [ "-std=c++17", "-fcolor-diagnostics", "-fansi-escape-codes", "-Wall", "-g", "-I/opt/homebrew/opt/glfw/include", // Updated include path "-L/opt/homebrew/opt/glfw/lib", // Updated library path "-lglfw", // Link GLFW library "-lc++", // Link with the C++ standard library "${workspaceFolder}/*.cpp", // Source files "-o", "${workspaceFolder}/app", // Output executable "-framework", "OpenGL", "-framework", "Cocoa", "-framework", "IOKit", "-framework", "CoreVideo", "-framework", "CoreFoundation", "-Wno-deprecated" ], "options": { "cwd": "${fileDirname}" }, "problemMatcher": [ "$gcc" ], "group": { "kind": "build", "isDefault": true }, "detail": "compiler: /usr/bin/clang" } ] } use this it will work

[@ahmadbodayr7203]

gold

[@johnsarofeen7022]

I love you

[@aarushikhatrimarry8979]

👍👍👍

[@DeadManRising]

dude speak louder, damn.

[@ahmadbodayr7203]

read about islam if you are not muslim bro, thanks for the great video

[@HarvestrX]

Buy a PC, Macs are garbage!

[@harshithgreddy8131]

I am getting the following errors Can you please guide me through clang: error: no such file or directory: '/Users/harshithgreddy/Desktop/Project/*.cpp' clang: error: no such file or directory: '/Users/harshithgreddy/Desktop/Project/glad.c'

[@rosxnb]

looks like you have provided the wrong path to source files do re-check that and if it still doesn't work, hit me up on twitter @rosxnb

[@japde2694]

I also have the same problem, did u manage to fix the issue?

[@rushikeshvayandeshkar4902]

@@japde2694 I am also

[@raghavav9097]

{ "version": "2.0.0", "tasks": [ { "type": "cppbuild", "label": "C/C++: clang build active file", "command": "/usr/bin/clang", "args": [ "-std=c++17", "-fcolor-diagnostics", "-fansi-escape-codes", "-Wall", "-g", "-I/opt/homebrew/opt/glfw/include", // Updated include path "-L/opt/homebrew/opt/glfw/lib", // Updated library path "-lglfw", // Link GLFW library "-lc++", // Link with the C++ standard library "${workspaceFolder}/*.cpp", // Source files "-o", "${workspaceFolder}/app", // Output executable "-framework", "OpenGL", "-framework", "Cocoa", "-framework", "IOKit", "-framework", "CoreVideo", "-framework", "CoreFoundation", "-Wno-deprecated" ], "options": { "cwd": "${fileDirname}" }, "problemMatcher": [ "$gcc" ], "group": { "kind": "build", "isDefault": true }, "detail": "compiler: /usr/bin/clang" } ] } use this it will work