Discussion Volunteers needed to test XR2 on Linux

[Matias Saibene]

Hi again Orbiter-Forum friends,
It turns out that we are working with @dbeachy1 to make available a build of the Ravenstar XR2 for OpenOrbiter Linux.
He kindly allowed me to compile the XR2 with CMake using the code that @Gondos ported to Linux and entrusted me to test the XR2 on Linux before he publishes the official XR2 installation package for Linux here on Orbiter-Forum.

That's why I'm writing these lines, because I need help testing the XR2 on Linux.

If anyone has an OpenOrbiter installation available on Linux, but not using Wine, but rather native Linux Orbiter, let me know in this thread or by private message and I will kindly provide you with the installation package to test it on Linux*.

I appreciate everyone's help in advance.

*NOTE: You might be wondering why not just post the .zip and try it out. It turns out there is a slight copyright issue with the XR2 mesh and until further notice the only person authorized to distribute it publicly on Orbiter-Forum is @dbeachy1. However, he allows me to perform this test on the condition that I provide the installation packages via private message.

 

[Matias Saibene]

Instructions on how to install OpenOrbiter on Linux can be found here:

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Thread 'Linux playground'

May 8, 2022

Hi,
I just pushed a linux branch to github in case some people are interested.
To use it, you'll need to extract an official Orbiter2016.zip in e.g. ~/orbiter_test/Orbiter then compile the linux version :

git clone https://github.com/TheGondos/orbiter.git
cd orbiter/
git checkout linux
git submodule update --init --recursive
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$HOME/orbiter_test ..
time make -j$(nproc) install

It requires dev packages for GLFW3.3, glm, libsndfile and OpenAL to build (and maybe some more but I don't quite remember...).
Once done you can start Orbiter ...

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