Windows Install your favorite IDE. This tutorial assumes that you have Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 (available from the CS Department Software Library as of Autumn 2004) installed on your machine. See specific IDE guides at the end of this document for more information.

Install OpenGL
OpenGL v1.1 software runtime is included as part of operating system for WinXP, Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows 95 (OSR2) and Windows NT. If you think your copy is missing, the OpenGL v1.1 libraries are also available as the self-extracting archive file from the Microsoft website, via this url: http://download.microsoft.com/download/win95upg/info/1/W95/EN-US/Opengl95.exe
OpenGL Libraries and header files are
• opengl32.lib
• glu32.lib
• gl.h
• glu.h

Install GLUT
GLUT is not normally pre-installed. You can download it from: http://www.xmission.com/nate/glut/glut-3.7.6-bin.zip
Install GLUT by following the instructions in the README file (copy and pasted here):
Copy the files:
1. glut32.dll to %WinDir%\System,
2. glut32.lib to $(MSDevDir)\..\..\VC98\lib
3. glut.h to $(MSDevDir)\..\..\VC98\include\GL

Download pdf OpenGL Install Guide