{"id":6576,"date":"2017-02-27T15:39:52","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T15:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=6576"},"modified":"2017-02-27T15:39:52","modified_gmt":"2017-02-27T15:39:52","slug":"install-flightgear-2017-1-in-ubuntu-16-04-16-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2017\/02\/install-flightgear-2017-1-in-ubuntu-16-04-16-10\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install FlightGear 2017.1 in Ubuntu 16.04, 16.10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/flightgear-icon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/flightgear-icon.png\" alt=\"flightgear-icon\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6577\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The FlightGear Flight Simulator has reached the 2017.1 &#8220;Bergen&#8221; release a few days ago with many exciting new features, enhancements and bug-fixes.<\/p>\n<p>FlightGear 2017.1 release highlights: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Accurate buildings from OpenStreetMap<\/li>\n<li>voice synthesis of tutorial instructions<\/li>\n<li>improved rendering of Earth from orbit<\/li>\n<li>a more realistic blackout\/redout system.<\/li>\n<li>See the <a href=\"http:\/\/wiki.flightgear.org\/Changelog_2017.1\" target=\"_blank\">changelog<\/a> for more details.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/flightgear-flight-simulator.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/flightgear-flight-simulator.jpg\" alt=\"flightgear flight simulator 2.12 ubuntu\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/flightgear-flight-simulator.jpg 580w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/flightgear-flight-simulator-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>How to Install FlightGear 2017.1 in Ubuntu:<\/h4>\n<p>The GetDeb repository has built the new release for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 16.10 and their derivatives. Follow the steps below to install it:<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Open terminal from Unity Dash, App Launcher, or via Ctrl+Alt+T shortcut key. When it opens, run command to add the repository:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:None;\">sudo sh -c 'echo \"deb http:\/\/archive.getdeb.net\/ubuntu <b>xenial<\/b>-getdeb games\" >> \/etc\/apt\/sources.list.d\/getdeb.list'<\/pre>\n<p><i>you may replace <b>xenial<\/b> (ubuntu 16.04) in the code with <b>yakkety<\/b> for Ubuntu 16.10.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/getdeb-game-repo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/getdeb-game-repo-600x102.jpg\" alt=\"getdeb-game-repo\" width=\"600\" height=\"102\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/getdeb-game-repo-600x102.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/getdeb-game-repo-450x76.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/getdeb-game-repo.jpg 757w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Download and install the GetDeb key via command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">wget -q -O - http:\/\/archive.getdeb.net\/getdeb-archive.key | sudo apt-key add -<\/pre>\n<p><b>3.<\/b> Finally update and install FlightGear 2017.1 via command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt update\n\nsudo apt install flightgear<\/pre>\n<p>For those who have a previous release installed, upgrade FlightGear via <b>Software Updater<\/b> after adding the repository and key.<\/p>\n<p><b>How to Remove:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>To remove FlightGear, open terminal and run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt remove flightgear && sudo apt autoremove<\/pre>\n<p>And you can remove the GetDeb repository by going to System Settings -> Software &#038; Updates -> Other Software tab.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FlightGear Flight Simulator has reached the 2017.1 &#8220;Bergen&#8221; release a few days ago with many exciting new features, enhancements and bug-fixes. FlightGear 2017.1 release highlights: Accurate buildings from OpenStreetMap voice synthesis of tutorial instructions improved rendering of Earth from orbit a more realistic blackout\/redout system. See the changelog for more details. How to Install [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[873,872],"class_list":["post-6576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","tag-flight-simulator","tag-flightgear"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6576\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}