Posted by andreasdr on
URL: https://forum.jogamp.org/JOGL-tutorial-is-extraordinarily-confusing-Here-s-why-tp4031149.html

I am new to JOGL and was trying out the triangle applet example in https://jogamp.org/wiki/index.php/Using_JOGL_in_Java_Web_Start . At first I couldn't get it to work and was very confused. After searching these forums for a while, however, I found the problem.

It turns out the tutorials contain errors that can be very confusing for a beginner. I'll list them below:

>In http://jogamp.org/wiki/index.php/Setting_up_a_JogAmp_project_in_your_favorite_IDE , under "Eclipse IDE project", jogl.all.jar is alternatively referred to as "jogl.all.jar" (in the screenshots), "jogl.jar" (in the bullet point saying "Add gluegen-rt.jar and jogl.jar to the project.") and "jogl-all.jar" (in the bullet point saying "Expand the jogl-all and gluegen-rt JARs...").
>Even worse: "jogl.all.jar" isn't included in the file mentioned in http://jogamp.org/wiki/index.php/Downloading_and_installing_JOGL (URL: http://jogamp.org/deployment/jogamp-current/archive/jogamp-all-platforms.7z). I instead downloaded my version from http://jogamp.org/deployment/archive/rc/v2.0-rc5/jar/

To those responsible for the site, please look into this!
/Andreas