I keep a copy of FlightGear on my Linux computer updated via Saiarcot's PPA (compiling FG is a bit too much trouble for me, tried a couple of times but it never worked out), and then I also have a second FGDATA folder which I updated regularly using git. So far this setup worked very well, until the new version 2016.1.0 came and broke my FGRun. Now I simply can't even install the package any longer, as I get the following error:
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fgrun:
Depends: libsimgearcore3.5.0 but it is not installable
Depends: libsimgearscene3.5.0 but it is not installable
I already asked saiarcot about this, but if anyone knows a way around this issue I'd really appreciate it.
I tried using the Qt5 launcher, but I find so many flaws with it that I just can't believe it's supposed to substitute FGRun...
- I don't want to see every frickin plane available for download, just what's installed on my machine
- can't use a different FGDATA path...
- when trying to add Aircraft and Scenery paths, I can't just type the path but I must use the dialog. Okay, no problems, except I can't see hidden folders there, and Ctrl+H doesn't affect it. Sigh...
- I can't seem to be able to move a scenery path up and down to change the priority order
- seems to have much fewer options (where can I set for instance texture compression now?)
Surely it looks pretty -- I love the airport view for instance, though I would expect I could position my aircraft by clicking anywhere instead of being able to only select runways -- but I still miss the functionality of FGRun.
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Cheers,
Gilberto