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The second line asks for Flight Gear Root.  Use the browse button to navigate to the Data directory or enter the location of the 'data' directory. (n the defualt setup that is 'c:\Program Files\FlightGear\data')
The second line asks for Flight Gear Root.  Use the browse button to navigate to the Data directory or enter the location of the 'data' directory. (n the defualt setup that is 'c:\Program Files\FlightGear\data')
This will populate the scenery box as well.
This will populate the scenery box as well.
FlightGear runs best with up-to-date OpenGL video drivers.  If you are having trouble running FlightGear smoothly, visit your card manufacturer's web site and download and install the latest drivers for your card.  Appendix C of The FlightGear Manual has some further information on configuring your machine to run OpenGL applications.


Once you have defined these default settings, continue the installation as explained below.
Once you have defined these default settings, continue the installation as explained below.
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=== Configuring OpenGL ===
=== Configuring OpenGL ===


Nvidia and ATI cards are all pretty well supported by the PC Unixen. Depending on your video card, your distribution, and your sys-admin experience, getting accelerated drivers running can be more or less of a challengeAdditional information and pointers for configuring your 3d card is available in Appendix C of The FlightGear Manual, and at [[Configuring OpenGL]]
FlightGear runs best with current OpenGL video drivers.  If you are having trouble running FlightGear smoothly, see [[Configuring OpenGL]] for more information.


=== Getting Scenery ===
=== Getting Scenery ===
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