On Wed, Nov 29, 2023 at 9:06 PM snix <sn...@proton.me> wrote: > > For Ubuntu LTS 20 and 22, I noted that packages for FlightGear Flight > Simulator use an incorrect unstable version, or used a version that was out > of date at time of Ubuntu LTS 1st release > > https://packages.ubuntu.com/flightgear > > > focal (20.04LTS) (games): Flight Gear Flight Simulator [universe] > 1:2019.1.1+dfsg-2: amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el s390x > > > jammy (22.04LTS) (games): Flight Gear Flight Simulator [universe] > 1:2020.3.6+dfsg-1build1: amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el riscv64 s390x > > I'm surprised at this. FlightGear is one of the really big open source > projects, and one of the big examples where the open source philosophy has > succeeded in surpassing closed source proprietary code, in that it is used by > data to set a standard for future. > [...]
Using Saikrishna Arcot's PPA works well for me. It is providing 1:2020.3.13, <https://launchpad.net/~saiarcot895/+archive/ubuntu/flightgear>: $ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS Release: 22.04 Codename: jammy $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/saiarcot895-ubuntu-flightgear.list deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/saiarcot895/flightgear/ubuntu jammy main $ apt-cache show flightgear Package: flightgear Priority: extra Section: games Installed-Size: 23340 Maintainer: Saikrishna Arcot <saiarcot...@gmail.com> Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:2020.3.13-0ubuntu1~ppa2~22.04.1 ... The binary or launcher is located at /usr/games/fgfs. Jeff -- Ubuntu-motu mailing list Ubuntu-motu@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-motu
