Installation guide

Graphics
The Solaris VISUAL
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software includes several graphics and multimedia software
foundation libraries. Foundation libraries are the lowest-level device-independent
layer of the Solaris software. This level of interface is designed to support a wide
variety of common functions. You can build higher-level libraries on top of the
foundation libraries, or the foundation libraries can be used directly by a software
application. These foundation libraries create applications that incorporate 2-D and
3-D graphics, imaging, and digital video. The libraries are the XGL graphics library
(which serves as a foundation library for the Solaris PEX software) and XIL imaging
library.
PEX 3.0.2 Runtime Environment
The Solaris PEX 3.0.2 RTE consists of a PEX client-side runtime library (PEXlib) and a
PEX server-extension shared-object file (Solaris PEX server). PEXlib is an API to PEX
protocol as Xlib is to core X protocol. PEXlib provides application portability across
hardware platforms and enables 3-D graphics rendering on local and remote
displays. The OpenWindows Version 3.6 X11 server automatically loads the PEX
shared-object extension when it receives a PEX request from a PEX client.
The PEXlib implementation for the Solaris 2.6 release is based on PEXlib -
Specification and C Language Binding: Version 5.1, available from the Massachusetts
Institution of Technology. The PEX server extension is based on PEX Protocol
Specification, Version 5.1.
Solaris PEX 3.0.2 RTE is included in the Solaris 2.6 release and should be installed if
you are planning to
Run PEXlib-based graphics client applications
Display any 3-D graphics from client applications that perform rendering on
remote displays through the PEX protocol
To install PEX, choose the entire distribution software group when installing the
Solaris 2.6 software.
For more information on PEX, see:
Solaris PEX Implementation Specification
Solaris PEXlib Reference Manual
CGE PEX 5.1 Portability Guide
Also, the following books are available at bookstores:
PEXlib Programming Manual, O’Reilly and Associates, Inc.
PEXlib Reference Manual, O’Reilly and Associates, Inc.
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