MikTeX How to install glut library on windows?

Question

With the 6300 version of MikTeX, which did not include Asymptote, it was possible to compile all .asy extension files without any problem on the command line. When they were ready, they could then be included in a TEX file to obtain a pdf.

MikTeX asymptote

Since the 6400 version of MikTeX which includes Asymptote, I can no longer compile .asy extension files using the three module directly via the command line. The code below that produces a cube in 3D manipulable with the mouse. It gives the following error when compiled in command line:

C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9/asymptote/three.asy: 2905.13: runtime: to support onscreen rendering, please install glut library, run ./configure, and recompile

import three;
currentlight=nolight;
settings.tex="latex"; // Moteur LaTeX utilisé pour la compilation (latex, pdflatex, ...)
settings.outformat="pdf"; // Format de sortie ; eps par défaut
settings.prc=true; // Format PRC de la figure ; vrai par défaut
settings.render=4; // Rendu des figures ; -1 par défaut 
currentprojection=orthographic(
camera=(11.8235956621239,4.72943826484957,7.09415739727435),
up=(-0.014547132307495,-0.005818852922998,0.0281244557944903),
target=(1.90038956793259e-15,8.63024929298462e-16,2.51968584885631e-16),
zoom=0.7);
size(2.5cm,0);
real a = 0.05;
draw(box(O, 84a*(-X+Y+Z)), heavycyan);

But the same code included in a .tex file does not pose any problem after a triple compilation PDFLaTeX -> Asymptote -> PDFLaTeX as it should be done with Asymptote.

    \documentclass[10pt]{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[inline]{asymptote}
\begin{document}
\begin{asy}
import three;
    currentlight=nolight;
    settings.tex="latex"; 
    settings.outformat="pdf"; // Format de sortie ; eps par défaut
    settings.prc=true; // Format PRC de la figure ; vrai par défaut
    settings.render=4; // Rendu des figures ; -1 par défaut
    currentprojection=orthographic(
    camera=(11.8235956621239,4.72943826484957,7.09415739727435),
    up=(-0.014547132307495,-0.005818852922998,0.0281244557944903),
    target=(1.90038956793259e-15,8.63024929298462e-16,2.51968584885631e-16),
    zoom=0.7);
    size(2.5cm,0);
    real a = 0.05;
    draw(box(O, 84a*(-X+Y+Z)), heavycyan);
\end{asy}
\end{document}

Output:

[Edit]

The odd thing is that after installing Asymptote on Windows like we used to do with the .exe extension file, we can compile without errors from TeXmaker, both the .asy file and the .tex file, but this is still impossible in Windows command line.

[\Edit]

It is very convenient to be able to compile Asymptote files on the command line before including them in a TeX file because the compilation is really much faster.

So, how to install the glut library on windows?

Answer 1

I asked on the miktex github site (https://github.com/MiKTeX/miktex/issues/26). The answer is

OpenGL support isn't currently implemented in the native MiKTeX port of asymptote.

This means that you should ensure that your code doesn't try to call the OpenGL renderer. Your example compiles (and creates a pdf which is then open in the adobe reader) if I move the outformat and render declaration before import three

import settings;
outformat="pdf";
render=-1;
import three;
currentlight=nolight;
settings.tex="latex"; // Moteur LaTeX utilisé pour la compilation (latex, pdflatex, ...)
currentprojection=orthographic(
camera=(11.8235956621239,4.72943826484957,7.09415739727435),
up=(-0.014547132307495,-0.005818852922998,0.0281244557944903),
target=(1.90038956793259e-15,8.63024929298462e-16,2.51968584885631e-16),
zoom=0.7);
size(2.5cm,0);
real a = 0.05;
draw(box(O, 84a*(-X+Y+Z)), heavycyan);