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==Second step:==
==Second step:==
It is obligatory to combine a new FlightGear binary mainprogram with the matching FlightGear data not only to get the newest developments but as configuration files or dataformats might have changed. You have to download the newest data from the FlightGear data CVS repository using a CVS client.
It is obligatory to combine a new FlightGear binary mainprogram with the matching FlightGear data not only to get the newest developments but as configuration files or dataformats might have changed. You have to download the newest data from the FlightGear data CVS repository using a CVS client.
Two CVS clients for Windows are
* TortoiseCVS. See [[Using TortoiseCVS with FlightGear]].
* WinCVS. See below.


This is a pretty big amount of bytes (about 1.5 GB!) so you should have a fast internet connection.
This is a pretty big amount of bytes (about 1.5 GB!) so you should have a fast internet connection.
==Using WinCVS to hold the content of the [data] folder actual:==
If you don't want to download all that stuff again and again it is more practical to download
information and data about what has changed since the last upgrade, this means using the CVS
system.


==Using WinCVS to hold the content of the [data] folder actual:==
==Using WinCVS to hold the content of the [data] folder actual:==
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If you start WinCVS the third time, you'll get all the necessary commands by selecting them
If you start WinCVS the third time, you'll get all the necessary commands by selecting them
from the “Previous” field.
from the “Previous” field.
- [[Using TortoiseCVS with FlightGear]]


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==Last Words==
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