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 can be a delay between the official release and when the ready to run binaries of the same version become available.

Windows (XP, Vista, 7)

• Download the self extracting/installing “Setup FlightGear 2.6.0.1.exe” (526 Mb):[Mirror 1] [Mirror 2] [Mirror 3]. Or BitTorrent.
• After downloading the 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.  It will 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.
• The MSVC Windows 32/64 build is provided courtesy of the “Jenkins” build server.

Macintosh OS X (supports OS X 10.5 – 10.7)

• Download the Mac OS X installer courtesy of Tatsuhiro Nishioka here: http://macflightgear.sf.net. Or BitTorrent.
• Quick install instructions: double click on the downloaded .dmg file.  Then from the window that opens up, drag the FlightGear icon to you “Applications” folder.  Also notice the helpful readme’s included.  They are worth glancing through.
• MAC users: there have been some early reports of problems with the Mac v2.6 version for specific versions of OS X and specific graphics hardware.  Please visit our forum for possible work-arounds and to help us troubleshoot these issues.

Linux

If you love Linux (like we do) and don’t see the newest version of FlightGear available yet for your favorite distribution, please let your distribution maintainers know how badly you want FlightGear packaged for your system — and once it’s there, let us know so we can put a link right here!  If you see any out-dated information here, please let us know.

• openSuse: Option 1: Install FlightGear stable. (currently FG 2.6.0.)
• openSuse: Option 2: Install the latest FlightGear development version. (Git version)
• Slackware: Download Slackware packages courtesy of Jon Stockill.  Packages are available for Slackware 12.2 and the 32 bit and 64 bit versions of Slackware 13.37. (Updated for v2.4.0)
• Ubuntu (option 1): FlightGear v2.6 packages are now available from PlayDeb.net
• Ubuntu (option 2): On Ubuntu, FlightGear can be installed using the “synaptic” tool.
• Ubuntu (option 3): Here are directions for compiling FlightGear v2.4 on Ubuntu 10.4
• Fedora/Redhat: Search here for FlightGear rpm’s.

“The Attic” (Older ‘unmaintained’ packages):

Linux

• 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)[Mirror 1] [Mirror 2] [Mirror 3]
• 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) binariescourtesy 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)