I've managed to recompile the GLUT 3.5 demos
on a Debian Sarge 3.1 r3 knowing that only the SGI Makefile
and Win Makefile are available.
I've recompiled Atlantis and RollerCoaster for
example like this :
cc -c module1.c -o module1.o
cc -c module2.c -o module2.o
cc -lglut module1.o module2.o -o program
So without a Makefile you can do all the examples
on the OpenGL book.
Stéphane PIRONNEAU