Download the Source Code

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• FreeGlut 2.4.0 has a critical bug that crashes FlightGear. If you plan to use FreeGlut instead of SDL you will need to upgrade to FreeGlut-2.6.0.

Source Code Release: Version 2.0.0 (Updated February 25, 2010)

• Download the latest source code release:
• Download the latest base package release (295Mb). (Includes Textures, models, data, aircraft, sample scenery, and config files.)
• Prerequisite: Open Scene Graph - An open source scene graph management and graphics effects library.
• Prerequisite: Boost - free peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries. You will need boost-1.37.0 or newer. (A suitable version is included with many (most?) Linux distributions.)
• Prerequisite: Glut (FreeGlut) - OpenGL Utility Toolkit (GLUT) library.
• Prerequisite: OpenAL - We recommend OpenAl Soft 1.11.753 (or higher). Many current Linux distributions now include OpenAL Soft so check and you may already have this installed or available.
• Prerequisite: plib - portability libraries and scene graph. You need plib-1.8.5 or newer to build FlightGear 2.0.0.
• Prerequisite: SimGear - simulation construction tools. You need SimGear-2.0.0 to compile FlightGear-2.0.0.
• Documentation is included with the base package.

Historical Material

• Download previous releases of the source code:
• Download version 0.7.x related stuff:
• Download version 0.6.x and earlier related stuff:

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