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=== Notes === | === Notes === | ||
* Installing FlightGear into "Program Files" on '''Windows Vista/7/8''' is '''not recommended(!)''', unless... | |||
** ...you are logged in as administrator! | |||
** ...you have disabled [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_Account_Control User Account Control]! | |||
* Newer Windows versions are very, very protective about "Program Files" and installing FlightGear into this folder makes it prone to any problems relating to file read/write permissions! | |||
* 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 18:59, 21 February 2013
$FG_ROOT is refered to as the main directory of FlightGear, containing the so called base package (default aircraft and 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.
Common paths
- Mac OS X: Applications/FlightGear.app/Contents/Resources/data/
- Ubuntu: /usr/share/games/flightgear/
- Windows: Program Files\FlightGear\data\ (default)
Notes
- Installing FlightGear into "Program Files" on Windows Vista/7/8 is not recommended(!), unless...
- ...you are logged in as administrator!
- ...you have disabled User Account Control!
- Newer Windows versions are very, very protective about "Program Files" and installing FlightGear into this folder makes it prone to any problems relating to file read/write permissions!
- On Mac OS X, $FG_ROOT is not installed automatically. See New to FlightGear for an installation manual.
- As of FlightGear 2.4.0, it is advised to install additional scenery and aircraft in $FG_SCENERY and $FG_AIRCRAFT directories outside $FG_ROOT. This allow for maintaining the additional stuff when installing a new version of FlightGear.