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 * libglm for matrix math is required, just the headers though. We are considering "vendoring" them.
 * A modified version of hlslparser is included in Renderer and used to transpile HLSL shaders to GLSL
 * OpenGL 3+ or OpenGLES is required
-* libftgl was used for drawing text. It is optional and may or may not be dropped
-* libglew was used. not sure if it's still used.
 * libsdl >= 2.0.5 is required for the SDL and emscripten apps. src/projectM-sdl is the current reference application implementation. maybe try getting that to build and run as your testbench.
 
 
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