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'''FlightGear Package Manager''' ('''FGFSPM''') allows for installation and update (and will allow for uninstallation) of all kinds of [[FlightGear]]-related resources (including [[scenery]] tiles and updates to global objects and shared models, and even FlightGear's binaries). | '''FlightGear Package Manager''' ('''FGFSPM''') allows for installation and update (and will allow for uninstallation) of all kinds of [[FlightGear]]-related resources (including [[scenery]] tiles and updates to global objects and shared models, and even FlightGear's binaries). The latest version is .2 alpha, released in October 2008. | ||
The program is developed in [[Java]] and requires Java version 1.6 (or later). | The program is developed in [[Java]] and requires [[Java]] version 1.6 (or later). | ||
The Package Manager is based on the idea of packages, which are described by an XML document. The person who wants to provide a new resource, must simply pack the data in a ZIP file and create an XML document (a ''package descriptor'') to describe it. When the ZIP file and the XML document are published on the internet, users will simply have to type the XML document's URL inside the program to get the content installed and all its dependencies satisfied. | The Package Manager is based on the idea of packages, which are described by an XML document. The person who wants to provide a new resource, must simply pack the data in a ZIP file and create an XML document (a ''package descriptor'') to describe it. When the ZIP file and the XML document are published on the internet, users will simply have to type the XML document's URL inside the program to get the content installed and all its dependencies satisfied. | ||