---
name: "glewinfo"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "glew-utils"
version: "1.7.0-3"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/glewinfo"
---

# glewinfo(1)

displays GL extension info

## NAME

glewinfo — displays GL extension info

## SYNOPSIS

**glewinfo \[-display** *display*\] \[-visual *id*\]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the  **glewinfo**  command.

**glewinfo** is a commandline tool that displays GL extension information.

## OPTIONS

A summary of options is included below.

- **-h** **--help**

  Print help and exit.

- **-display** *display*

  Allows specifying an X display.

- **-visual** *id*

  Allows specifying a specific X visual.

## SEE ALSO

Xorg (1x), visualinfo (1)

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Joost Damad \<joost@damad.be\> for  the **Debian** system (but may be used by others).  Permission is  granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under  the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any   later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public  License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.