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Currently, in the official Ubuntu repositories, Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise) has [[FlightGear]] 2.4.0, Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal) and Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring) have FlightGear 2.6.0, and Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy) has FlightGear 2.10.0. Since the older Ubuntu versions don't have a simple installation method, I'm providing a PPA which you can download FlightGear and some aircraft from. Here is a list of FlightGear-related PPAs:
Currently, in the official Ubuntu repositories, Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise) has [[FlightGear]] 2.4.0, Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal) and Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring) have FlightGear 2.6.0, and Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy) has FlightGear 2.10.0. The upcoming Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty) had FlightGear 3.0.0. Since the older Ubuntu versions don't have a simple installation method, I'm providing a PPA from which you can download FlightGear and some aircraft from. Here is a list of FlightGear-related PPAs:


* Stable: [https://launchpad.net/~saiarcot895/+archive/flightgear FlightGear]
* Stable: [https://launchpad.net/~saiarcot895/+archive/flightgear FlightGear]
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== Installing FlightGear ==
== Installing FlightGear ==
=== Upgrading from FlightGear 2.10.0 (from this PPA) or 2.6.0 ===
 
Since the packages have been renamed, dpkg might have some problems with the packages. The older packages and package versions have been specified in the ''Replaces'' and ''Breaks'' section of the debian/control file, so a direct upgrade should work. If you want, you can try a direct upgrade, but in my case, it didn't work. The solution is to remove all FlightGear-related packages first and then install FlightGear. (Note that you can use Synaptic to do the equivalent commands if you wish.)
'''NOTE''': The menu bar may be initially hidden. You can restore this using the F10 key.
 
=== Upgrading ===
You can just update and upgrade. Note that, after the upgrade, you will have the packages libsimgearcore2.12.0 and libsimgearscene2.12.0. You can safely remove these two libraries after the upgrade.


   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get remove flightgear simgear fgfs-base fgfs-models-base fgfs-scenery-base fgfs-aircraft-*
   sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
  sudo apt-get install flightgear


=== Fresh install ===
=== Fresh install ===
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| dc3
| dc3
| [[Douglas DC-3]]
| [[Douglas DC-3]]
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| dr400-dauphin
| [[Robin DR400 Dauphin]]
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| ec130
| [[Eurocopter EC130 B4]]
|-
|-
| p51d
| p51d

Revision as of 20:34, 20 February 2014

Currently, in the official Ubuntu repositories, Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise) has FlightGear 2.4.0, Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal) and Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring) have FlightGear 2.6.0, and Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy) has FlightGear 2.10.0. The upcoming Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty) had FlightGear 3.0.0. Since the older Ubuntu versions don't have a simple installation method, I'm providing a PPA from which you can download FlightGear and some aircraft from. Here is a list of FlightGear-related PPAs:

Installing FlightGear

NOTE: The menu bar may be initially hidden. You can restore this using the F10 key.

Upgrading

You can just update and upgrade. Note that, after the upgrade, you will have the packages libsimgearcore2.12.0 and libsimgearscene2.12.0. You can safely remove these two libraries after the upgrade. 

 sudo apt-get update
 sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Fresh install

If you are doing a fresh FlightGear install (you haven't installed FlightGear from this PPA or the prerelease/daily PPAs) and you haven't added this PPA, you'll need to do the commands below: 

 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:saiarcot895/flightgear
 sudo apt-get update
 sudo apt-get install flightgear

Installing additional aircraft

I am providing some additional aircraft that you can download straight from the PPA. To install them, run the following command: 

 sudo apt-get install flightgear-data-aircrafts-aircraftname

Replace aircraftname with one of the following:

aircraftname Aircraft
a10 Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II
a380 Airbus A380
b747-400 Boeing 747-400
dc3 Douglas DC-3
dr400-dauphin Robin DR400 Dauphin
ec130 Eurocopter EC130 B4
p51d P-51 Mustang
seafire Supermarine Seafire
spitfire Supermarine Spitfire
tu154b Tupolev Tu-154B
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