2013-11-28 09:40:11 +00:00
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Installing FlightGear on Linux
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2000-02-15 23:20:36 +00:00
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2013-11-28 09:40:11 +00:00
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Binary packages
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Several major Linux distributions offer FlightGear binary packages in their
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official repositories; this is usually the quickest and easiest way to
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install FlightGear, but may not be the latest version.
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There are also a number of unofficial repositories offering more frequently
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updated binary packages (some including development versions, which have
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the very latest features but are also more likely to have major bugs);
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see http://www.flightgear.org/download/main-program/ for details.
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Compiling from source
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See the general instructions (README.cmake in the directory above this).
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You will need the -dev version of all the prerequisites,
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e.g. libopenscenegraph-dev, libplib-dev.
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Graphics drivers
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If you experience unusably low frame rates (~1/sec), this may mean that your
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graphics drivers do not support 3D acceleration, or that it is not enabled.
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To check for this problem run:
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glxinfo | grep render
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