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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.
'''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.

Revision as of 13:02, 15 September 2012

FGx
Developed by Yves Sablonier, Pete Morgan, Geoff McLane
Latest release 2.8.0
Written in C++ (Qt)
OS Mac, Windows, various Linux distributions
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.

Getting FGx

FGx source code is available at Gitorious or at FGx Origin. Precompiled binaries are available at http://downloads.fgx.ch

Building Fgx

  1. Install Qt4 SDK
  2. Use Qt Creator to open the project file fgx/src/fgx.pro
  3. 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
  • Ubuntu/Xubuntu and other debian distributions
  • Gentoo
  • Windows XP/Vista/7

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