Howto:Install Flightgear from a PPA
Currently, in the official Ubuntu repositories, Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise) has FlightGear 2.4.0, Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty) has FlightGear 3.0.0, and Ubuntu 15.04 (Vivid) and Ubuntu 15.10 (Wily) have FlightGear 3.4.0. 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: FlightGear
- Prerelease: FlightGear Prerelease (only active when there is a new release coming up)
- Daily(ish): FlightGear Daily
Installing FlightGear
| Note The menu bar may be initially hidden. You can restore this by pressing F10. |
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
| Caution You must be on a supported version of Ubuntu before you install FlightGear! Currently, this is 12.04, 14.04, 15.04, and 15.10.[1]
If you aren't on a supported version of Ubuntu, you can upgrade by executing the following command in the terminal: sudo do-release-upgrade
Note that the upgrade may take several hours. |
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 |
| b707 | Boeing 707-420 |
| dc3 | Douglas DC-3 |
| dr400-dauphin | Robin DR400 Dauphin |
| ec130 | Eurocopter EC130 B4 |
| p51d | North American P-51 Mustang |
| seafire | Supermarine Seafire |
| spitfire | Supermarine Spitfire |
| tu154b | Tupolev Tu-154B |
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