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Important Information
- If you have a slow/expensive net connection, prefer physical media, or want to help the FlightGear project, please consider FlightGear on DVD
- For a complete FGFS manual, please refer to the official FlightGear Manual or download the PDF Version.
- If you have trouble connecting, please visit one of our FTP mirrors
- Caution: Check the version numbers of the following prebuilt packages. There is usually a several day delay between the official source code release and when the ready to run binaries of the same version begin to show up here.
Windows 98, 2000, ME, XP, Vista (v2.0.0)
- Download the self extracting/installing fgsetup-2.0.0.exe (298 Mb):
- After downloading the fgsetup-2.0.0.exe file, launch it and follow the on screen instructions to complete the installation. The installer will create start menu entries, install documentation, optionally install a desktop icon, and also will provide a well behaved uninstaller.
- When you start FlightGear you will be presented with an initial "launch control" screen which allows you to select your aircraft, as well as a starting airport and runway.
- FlightGear ships with an extensive 218 page manual. We encourage people to at least take a glance through it, especially if they have questions or problems.
- 64-bit overlay: If you run 64-bit windows, you can download the self extracting 64-bit version of FlightGear. This installs over the top of the standard 32 bit version so you will need to install that first. fgsetup64-2.0.0.exe (14 Mb overlay):
- The MSVC Win32 build is provided courtesy of Frederic Bouvier.
Macintosh OS X (requires 10.4)
- Download prebuilt Mac OS X binaries courtesy of Tatsuhiro Nishioka. Available from the macflightgear.sourceForge.net project page. (v1.9.1)
Linux
- Download pre-built Slackware packages courtesy of Jon Stockill. (v2.0.0)
- Ubuntu: On Ubuntu, FlightGear can now be installed using the "synaptic" tool.
- Download pre-built Debian packages courtesy of Ove Kaaven. (v1.0.0)
- Download pre-built Fedora Core [2,3,4] packages courtesy of Steve Hosgood. (v0.9.10)
- Download pre-built Pardus binary packages. (v0.9.10) 1. Program executable. 2. Program data.
Solaris (Sparc/x86)
- Download pre-built Solaris (sparc) binaries courtesy of Martin Spott. (v0.9.8)
- (Sparc Alternate) Download pre-built Solaris (Sparc) binaries courtesy of Ken Mays. (v0.9.9)
- Download pre-built Solaris (x86) binaries courtesy of Ken Mays. (v0.9.9)
Sgi Irix
- Download pre-built sgi binaries courtesy of Erik Hofman. (v0.9.9)
FreeBSD (v0.9.10)
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This is the
link to the FreeBSD FlightGear ports courtesy of des *at* FreeBSD.org.
Option 1: run "pkg_add -r FlightGear" to download and install the binary package.
Option 2: Run "cd /usr/ports/games/flightgear/ && make package install" to retrieve the source code, compile it on your system, make a package, and install the resulting package on your system.
Latest Version
v2.0.0 - 18 Feb 2010
A new major update of the FligtGear simulator. Please check the readme
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Would all pilots try and avoid mpserver02 as its often overloaded.