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=== Getting FlightGear === | === Getting FlightGear === | ||
You may download the latest files from the [http://www.flightgear.org/download/ FlightGear download] page. Choose the source or binary files appropriate for your particular system. Most Linux users will find that most distributions have a packaged version of FlightGear (the package name could be <code>fgfs</code> or <code>flightgear</code>.) | You may download the latest files from the [http://www.flightgear.org/download/ FlightGear download] page. Choose the source or binary files appropriate for your particular system. {{Wikipedia|Appimage|}} binary files for Linux are also available with 2020.3 LTS and later. Most Linux users will find that most distributions have a packaged version of FlightGear (the package name could be <code>fgfs</code> or <code>flightgear</code>.) | ||
Depending on your technical expertise you may choose the [[Git]] development version of FlightGear, which typically has more features and can be required by some of the latest developmental aircraft, but can be unstable and is more complicated to get for non-Windows users. In general, the development version is not advised to the average user, but if you are willing to do some testing there is a nightly build for Windows or Mac available for download from the [[FlightGear build server]], and a Ubuntu PPA updated daily. These days (March 2021), nightly builds are available from [https://download.flightgear.org/builds/nightly/ download.flightgear.org]. If you are using a Git version controlled copy of FlightGear, you may choose to synchronise your aircraft using the version controlled [[FGAddon|FGAddon aircraft development repository]]. | Depending on your technical expertise you may choose the [[Git]] development version of FlightGear, which typically has more features and can be required by some of the latest developmental aircraft, but can be unstable and is more complicated to get for non-Windows users. In general, the development version is not advised to the average user, but if you are willing to do some testing there is a nightly build for Windows or Mac available for download from the [[FlightGear build server]], and a Ubuntu PPA updated daily. These days (March 2021), nightly builds are available from [https://download.flightgear.org/builds/nightly/ download.flightgear.org]. If you are using a Git version controlled copy of FlightGear, you may choose to synchronise your aircraft using the version controlled [[FGAddon|FGAddon aircraft development repository]]. | ||