-April 8, 1998
+May 10, 1999
=============
Here is a quick outline of *one* way you can build FG for Win32 using
a completely free development environment.
-1. Install and configure the Cygnus Gnu-Win32 development
- environment. The latest version is Beta 19. The main
- Cygnus Gnu-Win32 page is at:
+1. Install cygwin (latest is version 20.1)
- http://www.cygnus.com/misc/gnu-win32/
+ http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin/
- You can download the Cygnus Gnu-Win32 compiler from:
+ Now called "full.exe"
- ftp://ftp.cygnus.com/pub/gnu-win32/latest/cdk.exe
+ (I believe "user.exe" is included in full.exe so you don't need to
+ install those separately)
- To install, just run the file: "cdk.exe" by double-clicking in
- windows explorer. Be sure to read this package's README :
- http://www.cygnus.com/misc/gnu-win32/readme_toc.html
+2. This step may now be optional. I haven't tried without, but
+ cygwin is now egcs-1.1 (which should work I think.) This step
+ just upgrades to the latest greatest version of egcs.
- After installing the cygnus compiler and the usertools you should
- find a program group "Cygnus" in your start menu.
+ Install egcs binary release for cygwin-20.x (latest egcs is version 1.1.2)
+ http://www.xraylith.wisc.edu/~khan/software/gnu-win32/egcs.html
-2. Install the Silicon Graphics OpenGL dynamic link libraries. For
- this purpose, get the file sgi-opengl2.exe from the flight gear
- project site. This is a win95/winnt self extracting installation
- program. Install it by double-clicking in windows explorer.
+ For instance, if you've downloaded egcs to /tmp:
+ cd //c/cygnus/cygwin-b20
+ tar xzvf //c/tmp/egcs-1.1.2-cygb20.tar.gz
-3. Fetch the Flight Gear code and special Win32 libraries. These can
- be found at:
+3. Install the free win32 api library (latest version is 0.1.5) from:
- http://www.menet.umn.edu/~curt/fgfs/Downloads/Source/
+ http://www.acc.umu.se/~anorland/gnu-win32/w32api.html
- Grab the latest "FlightGear-X.XX.zip" and "win32-libs-X.XX.zip"
- files.
+ (Recommend you install in /usr/local)
+ Run "make; make install"
-4. Unpack the FG source code. Run:
- pkunzip -d FlightGear-X.XX.zip
+4. Also download glut import libraries from extra section at:
+
+ http://www.acc.umu.se/~anorland/gnu-win32/w32api.html
+
+ copy these libs to /usr/local/lib/lib*.a
+
+
+5. Install the Mesa-3.0 includes:
+
+ Feel free to download mesa from www.mesa3d.org and grab them from
+ there. Line #453 of glut.h needs to be edited to look like the
+ following:
+
+ GLUTAPI int APIENTRY glutCreateMenu(void (GLUTCALLBACK * func)(int));
+
+ Or you can grab just these headers from the fgfs ftp site.
+
+ ftp:://ftp.flightgear.org/pub/fgfs/Win32/Mesa-3.0-includes.zip
+
+ Copy these includes to /usr/local/include/gl/*.h
+
+
+6. Install the glut dll's somewhere in your path:
+
+ You can fetch these from the fgfs site:
+
+ ftp:://ftp.flightgear.org/pub/fgfs/Win32/glut-dll-3.7.zip
- Be sure to use the -d option. This will create all the needed
- subdirectories. Otherwise you will have one big mess! Trust me!
+7. Build and install plib (latest version is 1.0.5/6?) from:
-5. Change to the newly created FlightGear-X.XX directory and unpack
- the Win32 libraries. Run:
+ http://www.woodsoup.org/~sjbaker/plib (check url)
- cd FlightGear-X.XX
- pkunzip -d win32-libs-X.XX.zip
+ Recommend you run configure as follows:
+ CFLAGS="-O2 -Wall" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -Wall" CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/lib ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --includedir=/usr/local/include/plib
-6. --> IMPORTANT <--
+ make; make install
- You will find a file called "install.exe" In the Win32 directory
- created when you unzip the win32-libs-X.XX.zip file.
- This version of install.exe should replace the one in your
- H-i386-cygwin32\bin directory - it's sole claim to fame is that it
- "understands" that when many calls to it say "install foo" they
- mean "install foo.exe". If you skip this step, and attempt an
- install with the older version present, "make install" will fail.
+8. Fetch the Flight Gear code which can be found at:
+
+ ftp://ftp.flightgear.org/pub/fgfs/Downloads/Source/
+
+ Grab the latest "FlightGear-X.XX.zip" or if you want to live on the
+ edge you can try one of the nightly snapshots in:
+
+ ftp://ftp.flightgear.org/pub/fgfs/Downloads/Source/Snapshots
+
+
+9. Unpack the FG source code. Run:
+
+ pkunzip -d FlightGear-X.XX.zip
+
+ Be sure to use the -d option. This will create all the needed
+ subdirectories. Otherwise you will have one big mess! Trust me!
+
Side Note: we need to make a distinction between the "build tree" and
the "install tree." The "build tree" is what we've been talking
executables, the scenery, the textures, and any other run-time
files will be located.
+ Open the Cygnus bash via its entry in the Start menu.
+ Mount the drive as follows (assuming you unpacked the code on d:):
+
+ mkdir /mnt
+ mount d: /mnt
-7. Configure the make system for your environment and your "install
+ You only have to do this once. The drive stays mounted (until you
+ umount it) even through reboots and switching off the machine.
+
+
+10. Configure the make system for your environment and your "install
tree". Tell the configure script where you would like to install
the exectuables and all the scenery and textures by using the
"--prefix" option. In the following example the base of the
- "install tree" is "\FlightGear". Run:
+ "install tree" is "\FlightGear". Stay within the bash shell. Run:
- ./configure --prefix=\FlightGear
+ ./configure --prefix=/mnt/FlightGear
Side Note: the make procedure is designed to link against opengl.dll,
glu.dll, and glut.dll. However, some accelerated video cards
make file where these files are listed.
-8. Build the executable. Run:
+11. Build the executable. Run:
make
-9. Assuming you have installed the updated version of install.exe (see
+12. Assuming you have installed the updated version of install.exe (see
earlier instructions) you can now create and populate the install
tree. Run:
and unzip'ed in your "install tree".
-10. Download and install the scenery and texture files.
-
+13. Download and install the (most recent!) scenery and texture files.
-11. Set the runtime environment variable to point to the base of your
- "install tree". Run:
- export FG_ROOT=/FlightGear (bash)
- set FG_ROOT=\FlightGear (command shell)
+14. In Windows explorer, change to /FlightGear/bin within your install tree.
+ Call runfg.bat which will set the environment variable FG_ROOT and
+ call the executable.
-12. Try it out! There are several ways to run flight gear once it has
+15. Try it out! There are several ways to run flight gear once it has
been installed. The simplest is as follows. Run:
\FlightGear\bin\runfg.bat (command shell)
-13. I appreciate feedback. Tell me if it works! If it doesn't, tell me
+16. I appreciate feedback. Tell me if it works! If it doesn't, tell me
what went wrong. My email is curt@me.umn.edu
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