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{{Note|<tt>download_and_compile.sh</tt> is a [https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/ Bash] script written for [https://www.debian.org/ Debian]-derived distributions ([https://www.ubuntu.com/ Ubuntu], [https://devuan.org/ Devuan], [https://www.linuxmint.com/ Linux Mint], etc.). By default, in uses <tt>sudo</tt> and installs packages with <tt>apt-get</tt>. If you are not using a Debian-derived distribution, <tt>download_and_compile.sh</tt> is not for you (though inspecting [https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/fgmeta/ci/next/tree/download_and_compile.sh the script] at the point where it installs packages<ref name="en-note-inspecting-download-and-compile-sh-to-gather-build-dependency-information">Look for strings such as <tt>zlib1g-dev</tt>, <tt>libglew-dev</tt> or <tt>qt5-default</tt>.</ref> can be useful on other systems to find up-to-date build-dependencies of FlightGear and related software).}} | {{Note|<tt>download_and_compile.sh</tt> is a [https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/ Bash] script written for [https://www.debian.org/ Debian]-derived distributions ([https://www.ubuntu.com/ Ubuntu], [https://devuan.org/ Devuan], [https://www.linuxmint.com/ Linux Mint], etc.). By default, in uses <tt>sudo</tt> and installs packages with <tt>apt-get</tt>. If you are not using a Debian-derived distribution, <tt>download_and_compile.sh</tt> is not for you (though inspecting [https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/fgmeta/ci/next/tree/download_and_compile.sh the script] at the point where it installs packages<ref name="en-note-inspecting-download-and-compile-sh-to-gather-build-dependency-information">Look for strings such as <tt>zlib1g-dev</tt>, <tt>libglew-dev</tt> or <tt>qt5-default</tt>.</ref> can be useful on other systems to find up-to-date build-dependencies of FlightGear and related software).}} | ||
We'll first explain how to get <tt>download_and_compile.sh</tt> in a way that makes updates easy and causes the command <code>download_and_compile.sh --version</code> to work as intended (the “version” is a Git blob id such as <tt>6a5e4f05e2ccf27115eec58313be027b11266097</tt><ref name="not-on-download-and-compile-sh-version-being-a-Git-blob-id">This looks like, but is ''not'' a Git commit identifier. This kind of “version number” is admittedly not very pretty, but it doesn't pollute Git commits (the diffs) and is automatically updated by Git every time you update <tt>download_and_compile.sh</tt> the way we are going to present; thus, the advantages compensate for the ugliness.</ref>). Then we'll show | We'll first explain how to get <tt>download_and_compile.sh</tt> in a way that makes updates easy and causes the command <code>download_and_compile.sh --version</code> to work as intended (the “version” is a Git blob id such as <tt>6a5e4f05e2ccf27115eec58313be027b11266097</tt><ref name="not-on-download-and-compile-sh-version-being-a-Git-blob-id">This looks like, but is ''not'' a Git commit identifier. This kind of “version number” is admittedly not very pretty, but it doesn't pollute Git commits (the diffs) and is automatically updated by Git every time you update <tt>download_and_compile.sh</tt> the way we are going to present; thus, the advantages compensate for the ugliness.</ref>). Then we'll show how to clone the large [https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/fgdata/ref/next/ FGData] repository, and finally give the last instructions to get FlightGear up and running. | ||
==== <span id="en-getting-started-with-download-and-compile-sh-notations"></span> Notations ==== | ==== <span id="en-getting-started-with-download-and-compile-sh-notations"></span> Notations ==== | ||