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{{obsolete|FlightGear Qt launcher}}
{{caution|This launcher does not work on OS X Yosemite (10.10) or later.}}
[[File:FlightGear Mac OS X Screenshot.png|thumb|The Mac OS X launcher.]]


{{caution|This launcher does not work at all on OS X Yosemite (10.10) or later. See the '''Removal''' section.}}
The '''FlightGear Mac OS X Launcher''' was a graphical front end for [[FlightGear]] which was included in official Mac releases from [[FlightGear 0.9.10]] to 3.2. It is not compatible with OS X Yosemite (10.10) and later because some libraries required for it to work were removed by Apple (see {{issue|1521}}). For this reason, it was replaced by the [[FlightGear Qt launcher]] in FlightGear 3.4 and later.
[[File:FlightGear Mac OS X Screenshot.png|right]]


The '''FlightGear Mac OS X Launcher''' was a graphical front end for [[FlightGear]] which was included in official Mac releases from [[FlightGear 0.9.10]] to 3.2. The launcher allowed one to choose options more easily than with the command line.
== Launching FlightGear without launcher ==
 
Users who have OS X Yosemite or later, but who are still on an older version of FlightGear without Qt launcher, can either:
== Removal ==
The launcher is not compatible with OS X Yosemite (10.10) and later because some libraries required for it to work were removed by Apple (see {{issue|1521}}). For this reason, it was replaced by the [[FlightGear Qt launcher]] in FlightGear 3.4 and later.
 
Users who have OS X Yosemite or later, but who are still on an older version of FlightGear, can either:
* use the command line (<tt>Terminal.app</tt>) to start the simulator. Open it and issue the following commands:
* use the command line (<tt>Terminal.app</tt>) to start the simulator. Open it and issue the following commands:
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">cd /Applications/FlightGear.app/Contents/Resources
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">cd /Applications/FlightGear.app/Contents/Resources
./fgfs.sh
./fgfs.sh
</syntaxhighlight>
</syntaxhighlight>
* use an alternative FlightGear launcher. A user has created a simple one for OS X (see {{forumref |title=Temporary FlightGear Launcher for OS X Yosemite|t=24781|f=21}}); other alternatives are [[Yaflight]] and [[FGX]], however, both are unmaintained and may have issues as well.
* use an alternative FlightGear launcher. A user has created a simple one for OS X (see {{forum link|title=Temporary FlightGear Launcher for OS X Yosemite|t=24781}}); other alternatives are [[Yaflight]] and [[FGX]], however, both are unmaintained and may have issues as well.


[[Category:FlightGear front ends]]
[[Category:FlightGear front ends]]

Latest revision as of 08:09, 5 June 2019

Caution  This launcher does not work on OS X Yosemite (10.10) or later.
The Mac OS X launcher.

The FlightGear Mac OS X Launcher was a graphical front end for FlightGear which was included in official Mac releases from FlightGear 0.9.10 to 3.2. It is not compatible with OS X Yosemite (10.10) and later because some libraries required for it to work were removed by Apple (see ticket #1521). For this reason, it was replaced by the FlightGear Qt launcher in FlightGear 3.4 and later.

Launching FlightGear without launcher

Users who have OS X Yosemite or later, but who are still on an older version of FlightGear without Qt launcher, can either:

  • use the command line (Terminal.app) to start the simulator. Open it and issue the following commands:
cd /Applications/FlightGear.app/Contents/Resources
./fgfs.sh