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'''FlightGear Package Manager''' 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''' 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 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). | ||
Revision as of 03:58, 11 October 2008
FlightGear Package Manager 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 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.
Updates also get simpler using the Package Manager, as users will simply have to ask the program to check for updates and it will automatically scan the list of installed packages looking for new versions of each on the net.
The current version (a preliminary alpha release) of this program can be found at https://sourceforge.net/projects/fgfspm/