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2012-02-07T22:19:25Z

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FlightGear Flying Club

2011-11-22T23:45:59Z

Harrison:

==Flight Gear Flying Club==

=== Club & Activities ===

The Flying Club is a collection of FG enthusiasts who band together and fly impromptu flights, and organize more formal get-togethers which are announced on the FlightGear Forum and on various IRC channels in advance. We also host virtual fly-ins, one-on-one help flights for newer pilots still learning, and other exciting events such as disaster simulations where you can ''go to the rescue!!''

Our most regular event is the 'Saturday Night Scramble' - where all those on the #flyingclub channel who are around on a Saturday evening (UTC) pick an aircraft, pick a destination, and all fly there. However, this does not mean that scheduled events are a rarity!

=== Requirements? ===

To keep up in flights, one should be a fairly competent simulation pilot, able to follow a flight plan and navigate in strange territory, though the Club won't knowingly leave anyone behind. If you're not sure, contact someone in the club and ask.

=== IRC Channel ===

The #flyingclub IRC channel is on the FlightGear IRC net, currently hosted on mpserver12.flightgear.org. If you're experienced with IRC, this net has a ChanServ and Nickserv (Channel Server and Nick server) which greatly enhances the IRC experience by controlling the use of IRC nicknames and channels. If you're not experienced with IRC, try the [[FlightGear IRC channel]] for further tips and information.

=== Club Website ===

[http://fgflyingclub.blogspot.com/ Flying Club Website] has information about members, memberships and upcoming activities.

=== Club Aircraft Liveries ===
A set of liveries are available on the website.

=== Come Discover the Flight Gear World With Us ===
Friendship, mutual interest in flying and fun are the goals of the FGFC; come and discover the FG world with us. '''''See you in the air!! '''''

[[Category:Community]]

FlightGear Flying Club

2011-11-22T23:45:35Z

Harrison:

==Flight Gear Flying Club==

=== Club & Activities ===

The Flying Club is a collection of FG enthusiasts who band together and fly impromptu flights, and organize more formal get-togethers which are announced on the FlightGear Forum and on various IRC channels in advance. We also host virtual fly-ins, one-on-one help flights for newer pilots still learning, and other exciting events such as disaster simulations where you can ''go to the rescue!!''

Our most regular event is the 'Saturday Night Scramble' - where all those on the #flyingclub channel who are around on a Saturday evening (UTC) pick an aircraft, pick a destination, and all fly there. However, this does not mean that scheduled events are a rarity!

=== Requirements? ===

To keep up in flights, one should be a fairly competent simulation pilot, able to follow a flight plan and navigate in strange territory, though the Club won't knowingly leave anyone behind. If you're not sure, contact someone in the club and ask.

=== IRC Channel ===

The #fgfc IRC channel is on the FlightGear IRC net, currently hosted on mpserver12.flightgear.org. If you're experienced with IRC, this net has a ChanServ and Nickserv (Channel Server and Nick server) which greatly enhances the IRC experience by controlling the use of IRC nicknames and channels. If you're not experienced with IRC, try the [[FlightGear IRC channel]] for further tips and information.

=== Club Website ===

[http://fgflyingclub.blogspot.com/ Flying Club Website] has information about members, memberships and upcoming activities.

=== Club Aircraft Liveries ===
A set of liveries are available on the website.

=== Come Discover the Flight Gear World With Us ===
Friendship, mutual interest in flying and fun are the goals of the FGFC; come and discover the FG world with us. '''''See you in the air!! '''''

[[Category:Community]]

FlightGear Flying Club

2011-11-22T23:36:21Z

Harrison:

==Flight Gear Flying Club==

=== Club & Activities ===

The Flying Club is a collection of FG enthusiasts who band together and fly impromptu flights, and organize more formal get-togethers which are announced on the FlightGear Forum and on various IRC channels in advance. We also host virtual fly-ins, one-on-one help flights for newer pilots still learning, and other exciting events such as disaster simulations where you can ''go to the rescue!!''

Our most regular event is the 'Saturday Night Scramble' - where all those on the #flyingclub channel who are around on a Saturday evening (UTC) pick an aircraft, pick a destination, and all fly there. However, this does not mean that scheduled events are a rarity!

=== Requirements? ===

To keep up in flights, one should be a fairly competent simulation pilot, able to follow a flight plan and navigate in strange territory, though the Club won't knowingly leave anyone behind. If you're not sure, contact someone in the club and ask. It is also recommended that you are capable of flying various different types of aircraft, from warbirds like the Bf109 to light jets.

=== IRC Channel ===

The #fgfc IRC channel is on the FlightGear IRC net, currently hosted on mpserver12.flightgear.org. If you're experienced with IRC, this net has a ChanServ and Nickserv (Channel Server and Nick server) which greatly enhances the IRC experience by controlling the use of IRC nicknames and channels. If you're not experienced with IRC, try the [[FlightGear IRC channel]] for further tips and information.

=== Club Website ===

[http://fgfc.tk Flying Club Website] has information about members, memberships and upcoming activities.

=== Club Aircraft Liveries ===
A set of liveries are available on the website.

=== Come Discover the Flight Gear World With Us ===
Friendship, mutual interest in flying and fun are the goals of the FGFC; come and discover the FG world with us. '''''See you in the air!! '''''

[[Category:Community]]

OpenRadar

2011-09-13T00:39:35Z

Harrison:

{{Infobox Software
| title = OpenRadar
| logo =
| image = OpenRadar_KSFO_large.png
| alt = San Francisco bay area
| developedby = Ralf Gerlich
| initialrelease =
| latestrelease =
| writtenin = Java
| os =
| platform =
| developmentstatus = Stalled
| type =
| license =
| website = http://mapserver.flightgear.org/git/gitweb.pl?p=openradar
}}
[[File:OpenRadar_KSFO_closeup.png|thumb|270px|[[San Francisco International Airport]].]]
'''OpenRadar''' is a standalone radar screen which connects to the [[FlightGear]] [[Howto: Multiplayer|multiplayer]] servers. Coastlines, lakes, airfield layouts and airspaces (at least the 2D part) are being read from shapefiles.

As of December 2010 development has restarted, no development had been undertaken since 2008. This page will be updated shortly.

[[Category:Java]]

Building FlightGear - Linux

2011-06-24T14:54:33Z

Harrison:

{{Main article|Building Flightgear}}

This section describes how to build [[FlightGear]] on Linux system.

Compiling FlightGear is not a task for novice users. Thus, if you're a beginner (we all were once) on a platform which binaries are available for, we recommend postponing this task and just starting with the binary distribution to get you flying.

Or if you develop on Ubuntu or Debian, consider trying the script described in [[Scripted Compilation on Linux Debian/Ubuntu]].

== Requirements ==
Before you can compile FlightGear, you need to have the following installed on your computer:

'''C++ compiler'''

These are: c++, cpp, gcc, g++ found under the /usr/bin directory. You will also need to have the tools '''autoconf''' and '''automake1.9''' installed.

'''GIT'''

See [[FlightGear and Git]].

'''[[OpenGL]] support'''

More specifically, your system needs the support for hardware accelerated graphics. You can check for this by running the following in a [[command line]]:

glxinfo | grep direct

Note: To run the above command, you need to have the tool '''mesa-utils''' installed.

You should then see:

direct rendering: Yes

This means you are good to go as far as OpenGL support is concerned.

If you see:

direct rendering: No

Don't panic yet. This may just mean some required libraries for hardware accelerated graphic are missing. Go ahead and try installing plib 1.8.5 and its dependencies first. If you still get the above message, then you will need to do some googling and troubleshoot yourself.

== Dependencies ==
FlightGear is dependent on quite a few number of libraries. You do not need to compile all of them yourself, but you will at least need to have their development version installed. For example, the development version for package plib1.8.5 is plib1.8.5'''-dev'''.

The dependency is summarized in the following tree. Please note that each library has its own dependencies, and most of these are not shown here.

* FlightGear
** [http://kcat.strangesoft.net/openal.html OpenAL]
** SimGear
*** [http://plib.sourceforge.net/ PLIB]. Since march 2008, you will need version 1.8.5 - your distro probably supplies 1.8.4 still.
**** For versions pre march/2008: (Free)GLUT or SDL (We recommend the use of SDL over Free/GLUT, [http://www.mail-archive.com/flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg16153.html however since march 2008, FreeGLUT as well as SDL are both considered depreciated, please only use --enable-osgviewer during configuration instead])
*** [[OpenSceneGraph]] (check link for compatible versions)
*** You also need the development files for several basic libraries to build the software, among them the following (the package names are for Debian and derivatives(?)):
**** libfreetype6-dev
**** libjpeg62-dev
**** libungif4-dev
**** libtiff4-dev
**** libpng12-dev
**** libxmu-dev
**** libxi-dev
**** zlib1g-dev
**** libglut3-dev

If you attack the above dependencies in the order listed below, you should be good:

1. Glut. Most distributions include glut packages, although you may have to hunt for them. Make sure you install both the glut and glut-devel packages, otherwise FlightGear may be able to compile but won't run correctly.

2. Zlib. Most distributions install the basic zlib libraries by default, but not the development portions. If you don't have zlib.h, you probably need to install the zlib-devel package for your distribution.

3. Plib - portability libraries and scene graph.

4. [[OpenSceneGraph]]

5. SimGear - Simulation support libraries. If you are building FlightGear from Git, you need the Git version of SimGear. If you have strange build errors, one of the first things to check is that you have an up-to-date version of SimGear built and installed.

==== APT-GET List ====
This is a list of all the apt-get commands I had to do while compiling FG, SG, and OSG on a mostly clean Ubuntu 64 system. It is a list of all the libraries you and your computer needs to compile FG, SG, OSG, and PLib. All you have to do is copy the full command, paste it in Terminal, enter your password, and it will download all the packages for you, and install them too. The full command is at the bottom, and I hope someone finds it useful :) sub-dependencies (dependencies of the dependencies) are not included as they are installed automatically by apt-get. If anyone sees something missing, please add it.

git - to get SG and FG 
subversion - to get OSG 
build-essential - to build (includes GCC, and other build tools) 
cmake - OSG Uses this 
cmake-curses-gui -- OSG Uses this 
libpng-dev - to enable FG to use PNG textures 
libfreetype6-dev - fonts 
libjpeg-dev 
libungif4-dev 
libtiff-dev 
libxmu-dev 
libxi-dev 
libglut3-dev 
libalut-dev - sound 
libboost-dev - makes coding for some developers easier 
automake - needed by ./autogen.sh files 
autoconf - needed by ./autogen.sh files 
libfltk1.1-dev - You will need this if you will be using FGRun 
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<pre>
sudo apt-get install git subversion build-essential cmake cmake-curses-gui libpng-dev libfreetype6-dev
libjpeg-dev libungif4-dev libtiff-dev libxmu-dev libxi-dev libglut3-dev libalut-dev
libboost-dev automake autoconf libfltk1.1-dev
</pre>
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Total size is about 230 MB, depending on what you already have from other applications.

This list might seem a bit short, but the sub-dependencies all add up :) The dependencies will be listed by apt-get when you use the command.
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NOTE: On a Linux Mint 9 (Ubuntu 10.04) system this is the command I used:
<pre>
sudo apt-get install git-core subversion build-essential cmake cmake-curses-gui libpng-dev libfreetype6-dev libjpeg-dev libungif4-dev libtiff-dev libxmu-dev libxi-dev libglut3-dev libalut-dev libboost-dev automake autoconf libfltk1.1-dev libplib-dev libopenscenegraph-dev
</pre>
libopenscenegraph-dev
You just need to copy that long line into a terminal and you should have all the packages you need to compile Flighgear and Simgear.

== Compiling ==
Assuming you are root, do:
cd /usr/local/src

'''Note:''' When tracking a fast changing software like FlightGear/Git it is highly advisable to install it in a separate directory. That way one can also easily build and reinstall without being root, which greatly reduces the risk of messing up one's system.
To install in a directory of your choice add the <tt>--prefix</tt> argument to configure. E.g. <tt>./configure --prefix=$HOME/FlightGear</tt>. I would recommend installing all of OSG, plib, SimGear and FlightGear with the same prefix.

=== Getting and compiling SimGear ===

'''Step 1:'''

Clone the SimGear git repository and set it up to track the 'next' branch.
git clone git://gitorious.org/fg/simgear.git

By default after cloning you should have a local next branch that tracks the master next branch. It can be updated it with git pull.

'''Step 2:'''

The source code will be downloaded into a directory called '''simgear'''.

Next, go into the directory and make preparations for the compilation:
cd simgear
./autogen.sh
./configure

'''Note''' that if you don't want to install simgear globally on the system but in a specific directory, you can do so by adding --prefix=/path/to/your/fgInstallation to the ./configure command

'''Step 3:'''

Compile and install SimGear by doing:
make; make install

''Note:'' with gcc 4.2 or later,on some platforms, you can get compiling errors about alc.h like:

'<anonymous>' has incomplete type
take a look at http://bugs.gentoo.org/166723

=== Getting and compiling FlightGear ===

'''Step 1:'''

Clone the FlightGear git repository and set it up to track the 'next' branch.
git clone git://gitorious.org/fg/flightgear.git

By default after cloning you should have a local next branch that tracks the master next branch. It can be updated it with git pull.

'''Step 2:'''

Next, go into the folder and make preparations for the compilation:
cd flightgear
./autogen.sh
./configure

Note that if you don't want to install simgear globally on the system but in a specific directory, you can do so by adding --prefix=/path/to/your/fgInstallation to the ./configure command.
If you didn't install OSG globally or in the same prefix as SimGear and FlightGear, you have to pass the OSG directory to the configure-command like this:
./configure --prefix=/path/to/fgInstallation --with-osg=/path/to/osg/installation --enable-osgviewer
In this case you have to tell your system where to find the OSG libraries before you can run flightgear:
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/path/to/osgInstallation/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

'''Step 3:'''

Now you can compile and install Flightgear by:
make; make install

'''Step 4:'''

Clone the data directory:
git clone git://gitorious.org/fg/fgdata.git

The data directory is large (almost 2.5GB) so it will take considerable time to download.
There mirror of fgdata that might be faster to download from:
git clone git://mapserver.flightgear.org/fgdata

The mirror is synchronized with the master so either will do.

And install it in (or as) /usr/local/share/FlightGear
mv fgdata /usr/local/share/FlightGear

== Distro-specific instructions ==
=== Debian/Ubuntu ===
* You can use the [[Scripted Compilation on Linux Debian/Ubuntu]] script to have Flightgear compiled in one shot under both Ubuntu and Debian systems.
* Debian users who prefer to build it without script may look at [[Building Flightgear - Debian]].
=== Gentoo ===
* Gentoo users can also use overlays to build FlightGear without much hassle: [[Building Flightgear - Gentoo]].

== External links ==
=== Instructions ===
* [[MSYS]]
* [[MinGW/cross-compiler]]
* [[CodeBlocks IDE]]
* [[OpenSUSE 10.1 10.2]]
* [http://www.geoffmclane.com/fg/fgmsvc7.htm MSVC7 *.Net]
* [http://www.oflebbe.de/oflebbe/FlightGear/index.html MSVC8 aka Visual 2005]
* [http://macflightgear.sourceforge.net/home/documents/ Mac OS X]

{{Building}}

FlightGear IRC channel

2011-06-10T13:50:48Z

Harrison:

The '''FlightGear IRC''' (Internet Relay Chat) '''channel''' is a chat room related to everything about [[FlightGear]]. It's mostly used by developers, but it is also a good place to ask for help if you are having a question.

To enter the IRC, you need an IRC client installed on your computer. For users of Mozilla browsers (like Firefox), the plugin [https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/16 ChatZilla] is surely a good option. You can also use [http://www.xchat.org/ XChat] (Linux and Windows), [http://www.pidgin.im/ Pidgin], [http://colloquy.info/ Colloquy] (for Mac), [http://www.mirc.com/ mIRC] or any other client.

== Official host ==
{|
! style="background:#efefef; text-align: center" width="200px" | Host
! style="background:#efefef; text-align: center" | Comments
|-
| nl.irc.flightgear.org
| in the Netherlands
|-
| uk.irc.flightgear.org
| in the UK
|-
| us.irc.flightgear.org
| in the United States
|-
| de.irc.flightgear.org
| in Germany
|-
| irc.flightgear.org
| currently an alias for de.irc.flightgear.org
|}

The FlightGear IRC network has several channels, some of which are listed below. To obtain a real list, use the IRC command "/list".

{|
! style="background:#efefef; text-align: center" width="200px" |
! style="background:#efefef; text-align: center" | channel
|-
| Main channel
| #flightgear
|-
| [[Blender]]
| #flightgear-blender
|-
| [[FlightGear Flight Academy|Flight School]]
| #fg_school
|-
| [[fgms]] related stuff
| #fgms
|-
| IFR Navigation Squawk
| #airliners
|-
| Off topic chat
| #fg_cantene
|-
| Russian Flightgear Community
| #fg-ru
|-
| Wiki
| #wiki
|-
| Forum
| #flightgear-forum
|-
| general help on IRC
| #help
|-
| Server Admins
| #staffers
|-
| [[Flight Gear Flying Club]]
| #flyingclub
|}

== Other hosts ==
{|
! style="background:#efefef; text-align: center" width="200px" |
! style="background:#efefef; text-align: center" | Host
! style="background:#efefef; text-align: center" | Channels
|-
| irc.freenode.net #flightgear
| Only for emergencies.
|}

== How to get in there with ChatZilla ==
[[File:IRC-ChatZilla.jpg|thumb|ChatZilla Client area]]
When using ChatZilla, go to your Mozilla/Firefox browser and enter [irc://mpserver12.flightgear.org irc://mpserver12.flightgear.org]. When ChatZilla has connected to the host, click "IRC" and "Join channel...". Pick the preferred channel.

To get directly to the main channel with ChatZilla, you can also enter [irc://mpserver12.flightgear.org/flightgear irc://mpserver12.flightgear.org/flightgear] in your browser.
== External links ==
* [http://toxin.jottit.com/irc_commands General IRC commands]

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[[Category:Community]]