/FlightGearBuilder

[REPLACED BY https://github.com/Megaf/FlightGearBuilder-NG ] An “elegant” script to download and build OpenSceneGraph, PLIB, SimgGear and FlightGear.

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[REPLACED BY https://github.com/Megaf/FlightGearBuilder-NG ]

FlightGearBuilder

About

FlightGearBuilder is an elegant and simple script that will:

  • On Debian based distros, it will download and install all depedencies required to build FlightGear and its components from the source.
  • Download the source code of PLIB, OpenSceneGraph, SimgGear and, FlightGear.
  • Compile each of the components after its source is downloaded.

What Does It Do?

  • FlightGearBuilder is a shell script that will download the source code for OSG, PLIB, SimGear and FlightGear.
  • Then it will compile a nice and stable version of them. Or unstable, if so you chose.

How do I run it? How to use it?

Installing FlightGear

  1. Download the script run it with ./FlightGearBuilder.sh. You may or may not need to mark it as executable first with chmod +x FlightGearBuilder.sh
  • Add --next flag to each script if you want to download the very latest testing version of FlightGear.

FGDataDownloader.sh

About FGDataDownloader.sh

  • GDataDownloader is a tiny script that will download the "Data" required to run FlightGear.
  • The Data will be downloaded to the FGB folder, tipically located in your home folder.

Running FGDataDownloader.sh

  1. Download the script run it with ./FGDataDownloader.sh. You may or may not need to mark it as executable first with chmod +x FGDataDownloader.sh
  • Add --next flag to each script if you want to download the very latest testing version of FlightGear.

FlightGear Data

Uninstalling FlightGear

  1. Simply remove the FGB directory from your $HOME folder.
  2. There will be a launcher at $HOME/.local/share/applications/, remove it to remove FlightGear from the applications menu.

Where is FlightGear Installed to?

  • By default the script will install to ~/FGB.

How to I run FlightGear?

  • If everything wel well, you can run ./flightgear --launcher from the folder ~/FGB/FlightGear-Stable/Next.
  • Or, by simply searching for and clicking in FlightGear in your DEs applications menu/dashboard.