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title: Install FlightGear on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of FlightGear for Linux - FlightGear
url: https://snapcraft.io/flightgear
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# FlightGear

[FlightGear](https://www.flightgear.org/)

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* [FlightGear](https://www.flightgear.org/)
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latest/stable 2020.3.8

Install latest/stable of FlightGear

This channel hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install flightgear
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* flightgear

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### License

* GPL-2.0

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### Last updated

* 11 April 2021 - latest/stable
* 6 June 2026 - latest/edge

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/flightgear#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/flightgear#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/flightgear#tab-security)

#### FlightGear

FlightGear

This is a prototype snap of FlightGear. Only the application is built. The FlightGear data files must be downloaded separately and placed in `$HOME/snap/flightgear/common/fgdata`. In a future release we may automate this. For now, manually:

`mkdir -p $HOME/snap/flightgear/common/`

`wget -O $HOME/snap/flightgear/common/fgdata.tar.bz2 https://netcologne.dl.sourceforge.net/project/flightgear/release-2020.3.8/FlightGear-2020.3.8-data-rc.txz`

`cd $HOME/snap/flightgear/common/`

`tar xf fgdata.tar.txz`

`rm fgdata.tar.bz2`

Build from source files at <https://github.com/FlightGear/flightgear>, this is an unofficial package. Please file any issues with this package at <https://github.com/snapcrafters/flightgear/issues>

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## Install FlightGear on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/flightgear/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/flightgear/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/flightgear/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/flightgear/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/flightgear/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/flightgear/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/flightgear/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/flightgear/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/flightgear/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/flightgear/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/flightgear/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/flightgear/ubuntu)

[### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/flightgear/raspbian)

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