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'''$FG_ROOT''' is refered to as the main directory of [[FlightGear]], containing the so called ''base package'' ([[aircraft]], [[scenery]], [[Menubar|GUI]] files etc). Also see [[Structure of the Base Package]].
'''$FG_ROOT''' is refered to as the main directory of [[FlightGear]], containing the so called ''base package'' ([[aircraft]], [[scenery]], [[Menubar|GUI]] files etc). When running FlightGear from a [[command line]], you can set $FG_ROOT via <tt>--fg-root=path/to/root</tt>. In [[FGRun]], it is set on the paths page, previous to the aircraft selection page.


On Mac OS X, $FG_ROOT is not installed automatically. See [[New to FlightGear#Installing on Mac OS X|New to FlightGear]] for an installation manual.
On Mac OS X, $FG_ROOT is not installed automatically. See [[New to FlightGear#Installing on Mac OS X|New to FlightGear]] for an installation manual.

Revision as of 17:53, 1 September 2011

$FG_ROOT is refered to as the main directory of FlightGear, containing the so called base package (aircraft, scenery, GUI files etc). When running FlightGear from a command line, you can set $FG_ROOT via --fg-root=path/to/root. In FGRun, it is set on the paths page, previous to the aircraft selection page.

On Mac OS X, $FG_ROOT is not installed automatically. See New to FlightGear for an installation manual.

Common paths

  • Mac OS X: Applications/FlightGear.app/Contents/Resources/data/
  • Ubuntu: /usr/share/games/FlightGear/
  • Windows: %ProgramFiles%/FlightGear/data/