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There are three easy steps to keep up with the actual development of FlightGear:
#REDIRECT [[FlightGear Git on Windows]]
 
==First step:==
You can find the latest FlightGear development branch already compiled as a Windows(TM)
executable file (fgfs.exe) at [ftp://ftp.ihg.uni-duisburg.de/FlightGear/Win32  ftp://ftp.ihg.uni-duisburg.de/FlightGear/Win32]by Frederic Bouvier. There a lot of precompiled binaries, the newest one together with the latest FGRun. There are irregular updates, sometimes even nearly weekly. So check the filename for the latest
version.
fgfs-win32-20060710.zip tells you that it is the version of July 10, 2006. The download size will be
about then 5 MB.
 
==Second step:==
It is obligatory to combine a new FlightGear binary mainprogram with the matching FlightGear data
not only to get the newest developments but as configuration files or dataformats might have got
changed.
You have to download the newest data from
[http://cvs.flightgear.org/cgi-bin/viewvc/viewvc.cgi/data/ http://cvs.flightgear.org/cgi-bin/viewvc/viewvc.cgi/data/]
 
At the bottom of the page you will find the link "Download tarball".
This is a pretty big amount of bytes (about 1 Gb!) so you should have a fast internet
connection.
You have to unzip the download before copying it into [YourFlightGearFolder].
 
==Using WinCVS to hold the content of the [data] folder actual:==
If you don't want to download all that stuff again and again it is more practical to download
information and data about what has changed since the last upgrade, this means using the CVS
system.
 
==1. WinCVS download:==
WinCVS is GNU General Public License (GPL).
[http://www.wincvs.org/download.html http://www.wincvs.org/download.html]
 
==2. Unzip and read Install.txt.==
With the actual version of today you only have to run
“wincvs_setup.exe”, the rest is done by the program, so don't keep attention to the other files.
 
==3. Python==
When running WinCVS for the first time you are asked to install python on your system (in
case you don't have it already there). This all is very easy, just click on the link in the message
window and download a stable Windows binary version.
After downloading let Windows do all the installwork, just click on the downloaded file, ie
“python-2.4.3.msi”.
In case the WinCVS window is still open, close the program and start it again after the python
installation has been finished.
 
==4. Selecting or creating a download folder==
It is highly recommended not to upgrade directly into your Flightgear data folder. If there are
any errors due to internet connection or otherwise you will not destroy you old FlightGear
data.
You may use WinCVS to create a new folder on one of your harddisks with enough space left
for the big download.
Use the yellow folder symbol to select or create your CVS folder. You
may name it as you like. WinCVS creates the data folder itself when downloading.
After selection, “your” CVS folder shows up.
 
==5. Download==
Now you are ready for downloading, you must have established your internet connection.

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