Installation guide

XGL 3.3 Runtime Environment
The XGL library is a 2-D and 3-D immediate-mode API that provides application
portability across hardware platforms and enables graphics applications to get
optimal performance from graphics accelerators. The XGL version 3.3 library enables
applications to determine transparency support level and includes a new attribute to
enable user control over edge offset.
The XGL 3.3 runtime environment (RTE) is included with the Solaris 2.6 release and
should be installed if users at your site are running graphics applications. It is not
always obvious whether an application requires the XGL RTE; therefore, you should
install the XGL RTE if you are installing CDE or OpenWindows software, since an
application may reference the XGL libraries.
For more information on XGL, see XGL Programmer’s Guide or XGL Reference
Manual.
XIL 1.3 Runtime Environment
The XIL library is an imaging API that provides a basic set of functions for imaging
and video applications. The library provides a strategy for low-level software
interfaces (foundation libraries) and enables APIs and API developers to port their
code to these foundation libraries.
The XIL 1.3 runtime environment (RTE) is included with the Solaris 2.6 release and
should be installed if users at your site are running imaging applications. It is not
always obvious whether an application requires the XIL RTE; therefore, you should
install the XIL RTE if you are installing either OpenWindows or CDE software, since
an application may reference the XIL libraries.
Backward Compatibility
The XIL 1.3 library API is fully backwards compatible. This means that existing
applications can be run without modification or recompilation.
MT-Hot
The XIL 1.3 library is MT-hot. Developers can write multithreaded applications
without putting locks around XIL functions. Multiple threads from the API will
execute correctly as long as they do not require data from the same image. The
library itself also is MT-hot. It takes advantage of multiprocessor systems without
applications having to be rewritten.
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Information Library for Solaris 2.6 (Intel Platform Edition) ♦ August 1997