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<h2 class="chapterHead"><span class="titlemark">Chapter 3</span><br><a
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href="getstart.html#QQ2-7-21" name="x7-210003">Preflight: Installing <span
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class="ptmbi7t---109">FlightGear </span></a></h2>
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<!--l. 33--><p class="noindent">You can skip this Section if you built <span
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class="ptmbi7t---109">FlightGear </span>along the lines described in the
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previous Chapter. If you did not and you’re jumping in here, your first step will consist in
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installing the binaries. At present, there are pre-compiled binaries<a
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name="dx7-21001"></a> available
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for
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<li class="itemize">Windows (any flavor),
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<li class="itemize">Macintosh OSX,
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<li class="itemize">Linux,
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<li class="itemize">SGI Irix.</li></ul>
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<h3 class="sectionHead"><span class="titlemark">3.1</span> <a
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href="getstart.html#QQ2-7-22" name="x7-220003.1">Installing the binary distribution on a Windows system</a></h3>
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<a
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name="dx7-22001"></a>
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<!--l. 49--><p class="noindent">The following supposes you are on a Windows (95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP) <a
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name="dx7-22002"></a>system.
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Installing the binaries is quite simple. Go to
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<!--l. 53--><p class="indent"> <a
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href="ftp://www.flightgear.org/pub/flightgear/Win32/" >ftp://www.flightgear.org/pub/flightgear/Win32/</a>
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<!--l. 56--><p class="noindent">and download the three files <span
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class="pcrr7t---109">fgfs-base-X.X.X.zip</span>, <span
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class="pcrr7t---109">fgfs-manual-X.X.X.zip</span>,
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and <span
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class="pcrr7t---109">fgfs-win32-bin-X.X.X.zip </span>from
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<!--l. 60--><p class="indent"> <a
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href="ftp://www.flightgear.org/pub/flightgear/Win32/" >ftp://www.flightgear.org/pub/flightgear/Win32/</a>
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<!--l. 63--><p class="noindent">to a drive of your choice. Windows XP includes a program for unpacking *.zip files. If
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you are working under an older version of Windows, we suggest getting Winzip from
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href="http://www.winzip.com/" >http://www.winzip.com/</a>.
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<!--l. 70--><p class="noindent">For a free alternative, you may consider <span
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class="pcrr7t---109">unzip </span>from Info-ZIP,
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<!--l. 74--><p class="indent"> http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/
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<!--l. 77--><p class="noindent">Extract the files named above. If you choose drive <span
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class="pcrr7t---109">c: </span>you should find a file
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<span
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class="pcrr7t---109">runfgfs.bat </span>under <span
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class="pcrr7t---109">c:/Flightgear </span>now. Double-clicking it should invoke the
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simulator.
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<!--l. 82--><p class="indent"> In case of doubt about the correct directory structure, see the summary at the end of
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chapter <a
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href="getstartch2.html#x6-100002">2<!--tex4ht:ref: building--></a>.
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<h3 class="sectionHead"><span class="titlemark">3.2</span> <a
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href="getstart.html#QQ2-7-23" name="x7-230003.2">Installing the binary distribution on a Macintosh system</a></h3>
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<a
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<!--l. 89--><p class="noindent">If your Macintosh<a
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name="dx7-23002"></a> is running the conventional Mac OS 9<a
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name="dx7-23003"></a> or earlier, there are versions up
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to <span
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class="ptmbi7t---109">FlightGear </span>0.7.6 available being provided courtesy Darrell Walisser)<a
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name="dx7-23004"></a>. Download the
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file <span class="obeylines-h"><span
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class="pcrr7t---109">FlightGear_Installer_0.X.X.sit</span></span> from the corresponding subdirectory
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under
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href="http://icdweb.cc.purdue.edu/~walisser/fg/" >http://icdweb.cc.purdue.edu/ walisser/fg/</a>.
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<!--l. 96--><p class="noindent">This file contains the program as well as the required base package files (scenery etc.).
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For unpacking, use <span
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class="pcrr7t---109">Stuffit Expander 5.0</span><a
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name="dx7-23005"></a> or later.
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<!--l. 100--><p class="indent"> The latest build available for Mac OS 9.x is 0.7.6, located in the same place.
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The base package is part of the download for Mac OS 9.x, but not for Mac
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OSX.
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<!--l. 102--><p class="indent"> Alternatively, if you are running Mac OS X<a
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name="dx7-23006"></a>, download <span
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class="pcrr7t---109">fgfs-0.X.X.gz </span>from the
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same site named above. The Mac OS X builds are in a gzip file in the same
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directory. There is a Readme file in the directory to help people identify what to
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download.
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<!--l. 105--><p class="indent"> Mac OS X requires that you first download the base package. Then extract it
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with
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class="pcrr7t---109">tar -zxvf fgfs-base-X.X.X.tar.gz</span>
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<br class="newline"><span
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class="pcrr7t---109">gunzip fgfs-X.X.X.-date.gz</span>
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<!--l. 111--><p class="noindent">Note that there is no <span
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class="pcrr7t---109">runfgfs </span>script for Mac OS X yet.
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<h3 class="sectionHead"><span class="titlemark">3.3</span> <a
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href="getstart.html#QQ2-7-24" name="x7-240003.3">Installing the binary distribution on a Debian Linux system</a></h3>
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<a
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<!--l. 118--><p class="noindent">Download the file <span class="obeylines-h"><span
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class="pcrr7t---109">flightgear_0.7.6-6_i386.deb</span></span> (being provided courtesy Ove
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Kaaven)<a
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name="dx7-24002"></a> from any of the Debian<a
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name="dx7-24003"></a> mirror sites listed at
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href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/games/flightgear.html" >http://packages.debian.org/unstable/games/flightgear.html</a>.
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class="pcrr7t---109"> flightgear_0.7.6-6_i386.deb</span></span>.
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<!--l. 132--><p class="noindent">After installation, you will find the directory <span
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class="pcrr7t---109">/usr/local/Flightgear </span>containing
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the script <span
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class="pcrr7t---109">runfgfs </span>to start the program.
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<h3 class="sectionHead"><span class="titlemark">3.4</span> <a
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href="getstart.html#QQ2-7-25" name="x7-250003.4">Installing the binary distribution on a SGI IRIX system</a></h3>
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(being provided courtesy Erik Hofman)<a
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name="dx7-25002"></a> from
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href="http://www.a1.nl/~ehofman/fgfs/" >http://www.a1.nl/ ehofman/fgfs/</a>
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<!--l. 148--><p class="noindent">and install them. Now you can start <span
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class="ptmbi7t---109">FlightGear </span>via running the script
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class="pcrr7t---109">/opt/bin/fgfs</span>.
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<h3 class="sectionHead"><span class="titlemark">3.5</span> <a
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href="getstart.html#QQ2-7-26" name="x7-260003.5">Installing add-on scenery</a></h3>
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<!--l. 156--><p class="noindent">There are two complete sets of scenery files with worldwide coverage available, now,
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being based on different source data. One data set was created by Curt Olson<a
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name="dx7-26003"></a> and can be
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downloaded via a clickable map<a
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href="http://www.flightgear.org/Downloads/world-scenery.html" >http://www.flightgear.org/Downloads/world-scenery.html</a>
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<!--l. 162--><p class="noindent">Moreover, Curt provides the complete set of US Scenery on CD-ROM<a
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name="dx7-26005"></a> for those who
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really would like to fly over all of the USA. For more detail, check the remarks on the
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downloads page above.
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<!--l. 167--><p class="indent"> An alternative data set was produced by William Riley<a
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href="http://www.randdtechnologies.com/fgfs/newScenery/world-scenery.html" >http://www.randdtechnologies.com/fgfs/newScenery/world-scenery.html</a>
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<!--l. 173--><p class="noindent">again using a <a
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<!--l. 176--><p class="indent"> While the first data set is based on the USGS<a
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name="dx7-26008"></a> data, the second one is based on the
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so-called VMap0<a
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name="dx7-26009"></a> data set. While there may be more differences to discover, the first
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one has much better coast lines, while the latter sports world-wide coverage of
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streets, rivers, lakes, and more. Scenery provided in the base package is based
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on the second data set (though covering a small area around San Francisco,
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only).
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<!--l. 178--><p class="indent"> Installation of both data sets is identical. You have to unpack them under
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class="pcrr7t---109">/Flightgear/Scenery</span>. Do not de-compress the numbered scenery files like
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958402.gz! This will be done by <span
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class="ptmbi7t---109">FlightGear </span>on the fly.
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<!--l. 180--><p class="indent"> As an example, consider installation of the scenery package w120n30 containing the
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Grand Canyon Scenery.
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<!--l. 183--><p class="indent"> After having installed the base package<a
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name="dx7-26010"></a>, you should have ended up with the following
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directory structure:
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<!--l. 187--><p class="noindent"><span
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class="pcrr7t---109">/usr/local/FlightGear/Scenery</span>
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class="pcrr7t---109">/usr/local/FlightGear/w130n30</span>
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class="pcrr7t---109">/usr/local/FlightGear/w130n30/w122n37</span>
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class="pcrr7t---109">/usr/local/FlightGear/Scenery/w130n30/w123n37</span>
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<!--l. 198--><p class="noindent">with the directories w122n37 and w123n37m, resp. containing numerous *.gz files.
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Installation of the Grand Canyon scenery adds to this the directories
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<!--l. 203--><p class="noindent"><span
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class="pcrr7t---109">/usr/local/FlightGear/w120n30/w112n31</span>
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class="pcrr7t---109">/usr/local/FlightGear/w120n30/w120n39</span>.
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<!--l. 210--><p class="indent"> You can exploit the <span
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class="ptmri7t---109">path </span>command line option, if you want to
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