Howto:Install Flightgear from a PPA
Currently, in the official Ubuntu repositories, Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty) has FlightGear 3.0.0, and Ubuntu 15.10 (Wily) has 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. |
| Caution You must be on Ubuntu 14.04, 15.10, or 16.04 before you install FlightGear! Ubuntu 12.04 is no longer supported.[1]
If you aren't on one of those three versions 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. |
Upgrading
If you already have Flightgear installed from the main repos, you can just add the PPA, update, and upgrade.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:saiarcot895/flightgear
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 (daily PPA only)
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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