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== Installing scenery == | == Installing scenery == | ||
=== Installing via a graphical interface === | |||
# Open the [[FlightGear Admin Wizard]]. | |||
# Click on '''Select Scenery Source...''' to select the directory containing the scenery .tgz files. | |||
# Click on '''Select Install Destination...''' to select the directory where you want to install the scenery. | |||
#* On GNU/Linux, it should be a directory outside <tt>[[$FG_ROOT]]</tt> (see [[#Technical]] for an explanation). | |||
#* On Windows, it should be a directory you can read from/write to. If you use FlightGear 3.2 and above, the default path ('''C:\Users\''your user name''\Documents\FlightGear\Custom Scenery''') is perfectly fine. | |||
#* On Macintosh systems, the path should be '''/Applications/FlightGear.app/Contents/Resources/data/Scenery'''. | |||
# In the left pane, check the scenery tiles you want to install and click on '''Install Selected Files''' to install the scenery. | |||
=== GNU/Linux === | === Alternate installation, GNU/Linux === | ||
If you are under a Linux operation system and you are not using a graphical interface to extract the tar archive, you can use one of the two following set of commands in a shell terminal. | If you are under a Linux operation system and you are not using a graphical interface to extract the tar archive, you can use one of the two following set of commands in a shell terminal. | ||
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In the above two examples, it is supposed that <tt>SceneryDirectory</tt> is set to a directory, outside <tt>[[$FG_ROOT]]</tt> (see [[#Technical]] for the reasoning behind this). Additionally, <tt>input_file.tgz</tt> should be substituted with the filename of the archive to be extracted (the filename should be completed with the full pathname or any other valid method so that the shell could find the correct archive). | In the above two examples, it is supposed that <tt>SceneryDirectory</tt> is set to a directory, outside <tt>[[$FG_ROOT]]</tt> (see [[#Technical]] for the reasoning behind this). Additionally, <tt>input_file.tgz</tt> should be substituted with the filename of the archive to be extracted (the filename should be completed with the full pathname or any other valid method so that the shell could find the correct archive). | ||
=== Windows === | === Alternate installation, Windows === | ||
Simply unpack the downloaded scenery into a directory of choice, outside the <tt>[[$FG_ROOT]]</tt> directory (see [[#Technical]] for the reasoning behind this), using software like [http://www.winzip.com/ Winzip] or [http://www.7-zip.org 7-zip]. Once done, append this directory to [[$FG_SCENERY]]. When using the [[FlightGear Wizard]], you can do so on the first page (previous from aircraft selection). Do not forget to press the "Refresh" button on the airport selection page, when using the wizard. | Simply unpack the downloaded scenery into a directory of choice, outside the <tt>[[$FG_ROOT]]</tt> directory (see [[#Technical]] for the reasoning behind this), using software like [http://www.winzip.com/ Winzip] or [http://www.7-zip.org 7-zip]. Once done, append this directory to [[$FG_SCENERY]]. When using the [[FlightGear Wizard]], you can do so on the first page (previous from aircraft selection). Do not forget to press the "Refresh" button on the airport selection page, when using the wizard. | ||
{{note|More recent Windows versions (e.g. XP, Vista, Win7) tinkering a lot with user rights on access level. Therefore it is a bad idea to install and run FlightGear (scenery) to and from <tt>C:\Program Files</tt>. Find another drive/folder where you, as logged in user, have all neccesary right to read, write and execute the files you installed. Additionally there's a space / blank in folder's name which could cause weird behaviour. Using <tt>C:\FlightGear</tt> is a nice option.}} | |||
=== Macintosh === | === Alternate installation, Macintosh === | ||
Unpack the tgz file either by double-clicking it and moving the resulting wXXXnXXX folder to the Scenery folder described in the next line, or on the command line: | Unpack the tgz file either by double-clicking it and moving the resulting wXXXnXXX folder to the Scenery folder described in the next line, or on the command line: | ||
tar -xvzf 'input_file.tgz' -C /Applications/FlightGear.app/Contents/Resources/data/Scenery | tar -xvzf 'input_file.tgz' -C /Applications/FlightGear.app/Contents/Resources/data/Scenery | ||