FlightGear Flight Simulator/Installation

This page introduces how to install FlightGear itself. Installation and setup Hardware requirements For FlightGear to run smoothly, it requires a video card with OpenGL drivers 4.0 or higher. This is usually not a problem, but take a look at the hardware recommendations to have a better idea. Getting FlightGear You may download the latest files from the FlightGear download page. Choose the source or binary files appropriate for your particular system. AppImage binary files for Linux are also available with 2020.3 LTS and later. Most Linux users will find that most distributions have a packaged version of FlightGear (the package name could be fgfs or flightgear.) Depending on your technical expertise you may choose the Git development version of FlightGear, which typically has more features and can be required by some of the latest developmental aircraft, but can be unstable and is more complicated to get for non-Windows users. In general, the development version is not advised to the average user, but if you are willing to do some testing there is a nightly build available for download. If you are using a Git version controlled copy of FlightGear, you may choose to synchronise your aircraft using the version controlled FGAddon aircraft development repository. Installing on Windows After you downloaded the installer, run it and follow its instructions to install FlightGear. Defender SmartScreen on Windows may block the installation simply because the binary file is not signed with a key that Microsoft respects. Of course, the key is paid. In this case, we need to click on the inconspicuous "More info" link. Only then will the "Run anyway" button appear. You can safely trust that this is not a dangerous application, as long as you have actually downloaded it from official sources. If you're using third-party antivirus software for some reason, it may be blocking FlightGear from installing. This isn't something we can control, so it's entirely up to you how you want to handle it. With the Windows installer, you may choose where to install FlightGear. The $FG_ROOT directory would be <your chosen directory>/fgdata_20xx.x. Installing on macOS Installing FlightGear on macOS is very simple. Just drag and drop the FlightGear icon to the /Applications folder. That is it. The first time you launch FlightGear, its icon on the Dock bounces for several seconds while loading aircraft and airport info. When the GUI launcher appears, select the aircraft and airport, then click "Fly!" to launch the simulator. You can configure more options using the GUI launcher. See the official manual for more details. If you would like to launch FlightGear using command-line, launch the Terminal app and type the following. cd /Applications/FlightGear.app/Contents/MacOS ./fgfs --options..... The $FG_ROOT and $FG_SCENERY are not set on macOS. If you want to specify these variables yourself for command-line use, run the followings on the Terminal app: FG_ROOT=/Applications/FlightGear.app/Contents/Resources/data FG_SCENERY=$FG_ROOT/Scenery After launching the GUI launcher, you will have the alias to $FG_ROOT at $HOME/Documents/FlightGear/<version> so you can browse the data folder using Finder. Note: Once you have installed FlightGear, Mac users can locate their $FG_ROOT folder by opening their applications folder in Finder, right clicking on FlightGear, and clicking "Show Package Contents". This will take you inside the FlightGear folder. You are now able to access all files including Data/Aircraft to install new aircraft. Getting aircraft Additional aircraft can be downloaded and installed through the launcher. Alternatively, you can go to the FlightGear website and navigate to the download page, then choose the aircraft download link that fits your FlightGear version. In addition there are many third party hangars.https://wiki.flightgear.org/New_to_FlightGear#Installation_and_setup References