Posted by David42Hall on Feb 20, 2018; 2:05am
URL: https://forum.jogamp.org/how-can-I-build-jogl-2-3-3-and-when-is-it-due-for-release-tp4038662.html

I am working with the vZome application from http://vzome.com. It currently uses jogl 2.3.2. It runs fine on my Windows 10 computer, but when I run it in Ubunto 17.10 inside VirtualBox on the same hardware. I get an error similar to the one described at http://forum.jogamp.org/problem-using-jogl-2-3-2-on-linux-td4038557.html and http://forum.jogamp.org/Mesa-17-2-0-renderer-driver-name-change-error-causes-GLProfile-not-mapped-initialization-error-td4038176.html. The specific Mesa version shown in my case is 17.2.8.

I think that the bug fix described in https://jogamp.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1357 should resolve my issue so I'd like to know how to get a version of jogl that includes that fix so I can try it. I think that will be jogamp 2.3.3. Ideallly, I'd like to be able to pull the most recent successful build from a maven repo, but I don't know if that option is even available.

I considered trying to build it myself from sources as described at http://jogamp.org/jogl/doc/HowToBuild.html, but the very first steps (git clone) failed since apparently the URL listed in the instructions is incorrect or out of service.

I'd like to know when 2.3.3 (or whatever release fixes bug 1357) might be available and how to get on a mailing list to know as soon as it's released. In the mean time, I'd be willing to try building it myself if I had some good instructions. I'd even be willing to update the HowToBuild wiki page with the updated instructions if that's helpful.

Any ideas?
Thanks,
David