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'''Fgx''' is an Open Source graphical launcher application for [[FlightGear]] Flight Simulator that is built using Qt from Nokia. Development began in the first quarter of 2011 with the purpose of creating a fast and easy to use tool to manage your FlightGear preferences and to start the flight simulator application. | |||
While initial development targeted the Apple Mac architecture, the Qt development environment allows for cross-platform compatibility between Windows, Mac OS and various Linux distributions. At this time, it has only been tested on Mac, CentOS 5.5 i386 and Fedora 14 i386. | |||
==Getting Fgx== | |||
Fgx source code is available at [http://gitorious.org/fgx/ Gitorious]. | |||
===Building Fgx=== | |||
# Install Qt 3 SDK | |||
# Use Qt Creator to open the project file fgx/src/fgx.pro | |||
# In Qt Creator, use Build->Build All to build the project. | |||
==Supported Systems== | |||
Note that Fgx has been tested using the prerequisites listed below and may actually work with different OSes and versions. Feel free to update this list if you have additional information. | Note that Fgx has been tested using the prerequisites listed below and may actually work with different OSes and versions. Feel free to update this list if you have additional information. | ||
* Mac OSX | |||
* Fedora Linux 14 | |||
* Windows XP/Vista/7 (not tested) | |||
==Related content== | |||
===Similar software=== | |||
* [[FGo!]] | |||
* [[FGRun]] | |||
Revision as of 15:37, 7 June 2011
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Written in | C++ (Qt) |
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OS | Mac, CentOS, Fedora |
Website |
Fgx is an Open Source graphical launcher application for FlightGear Flight Simulator that is built using Qt from Nokia. Development began in the first quarter of 2011 with the purpose of creating a fast and easy to use tool to manage your FlightGear preferences and to start the flight simulator application.
While initial development targeted the Apple Mac architecture, the Qt development environment allows for cross-platform compatibility between Windows, Mac OS and various Linux distributions. At this time, it has only been tested on Mac, CentOS 5.5 i386 and Fedora 14 i386.
Getting Fgx
Fgx source code is available at Gitorious.
Building Fgx
- Install Qt 3 SDK
- Use Qt Creator to open the project file fgx/src/fgx.pro
- In Qt Creator, use Build->Build All to build the project.
Supported Systems
Note that Fgx has been tested using the prerequisites listed below and may actually work with different OSes and versions. Feel free to update this list if you have additional information.
- Mac OSX
- Fedora Linux 14
- Windows XP/Vista/7 (not tested)