flightgear on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "flightgear" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install flightgear on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall flightgear on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "flightgear" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone flightgear's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/flightgear.git 
            
                        
                ~/flightgear
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/flightgear folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/flightgear
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the flightgear package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1377929
Name: flightgear
PackageBaseID: 128651
PackageBase: flightgear
Version: 2020.3.19-2
Description: An open-source, multi-platform flight simulator
URL: http://www.flightgear.org/
NumVotes: 48
Popularity: 0.690808
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: acxz
Submitter: Barthalion
FirstSubmitted: 1515168262
LastModified: 1703991283
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/flightgear.tar.gz