How to Install Fox Toolkit on Ubuntu 24.04 – Step-by-step

Installing

2. 2. Installing Dependencies

   Then to Install Required Software
   Run:

   sudo apt update; sudo apt install -y build-essential freeglut3-dev libxft-dev libxext-dev libglx-mesa0

   Authenticate with the User Admin Pass.
   If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo.

3. 3. Installing FOX Toolkit

   Then to Install FOX for Ubuntu
   Especially relevant: this is a System-Wide Setup, for a Local one simply Extract and Run it from inside the Home Directory.
   So first, Extract the Archive into the Temporary directory with:

   tar xvzf ~/Downloads/fox*.tar.gz -C /tmp/

   But if you are in Trouble to Find the Location on Terminal then See: How to Access Downloads Folder from Browser.
   Now Access the Target Folder:

   cd /tmp/fox*

   Configure it with:

   ./configure

   Then Make it:

   make

   Now to Setup it play:

   sudo make install

   Add the libFOX Libraries to the LD PATH:

   sudo ldconfig /usr/local/lib/

4. 4. FOX Toolkit Getting-Started Guide

   Getting-Started with FOX Toolkit on GNU/Linux

   FOX Toolkit QuickStart Guide

   Getting-Started with FOX Toolkit on Linux Tutorial