Installation When will orbiter run natively on Linux?

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I have been using orbiter with dxvk and wine for some days and i was asking myself when/if orbiter will be available (officially, native and stable) for Linux. That would be so great since that would make running it easier and offer better performance. Thanks in advance.
 
I have been using orbiter with dxvk and wine for some days and i was asking myself when/if orbiter will be available (officially, native and stable) for Linux. That would be so great since that would make running it easier and offer better performance. Thanks in advance.
@Gondos has been working quite a bit on an "experimental" Linux port. It works very well as far as I can tell; I use it daily and to develop some C++ add-ons.
There's still a lot of work to be done, but @Gondos suggested first implementing and unifying everything on Windows and then bringing it to Linux.

https://www.orbiter-forum.com/threads/linux-playground.40476/
 
@Gondos has been working quite a bit on an "experimental" Linux port. It works very well as far as I can tell; I use it daily and to develop some C++ add-ons.
There's still a lot of work to be done, but @Gondos suggested first implementing and unifying everything on Windows and then bringing it to Linux.

https://www.orbiter-forum.com/threads/linux-playground.40476/
Yeah, I saw that one. I couldn't get it to work somehow (i forgot the error) although i followed the instructions. I am not experienced in C languages. I only code in Rust, so i don't know.
 
@Gondos has been working quite a bit on an "experimental" Linux port. It works very well as far as I can tell; I use it daily and to develop some C++ add-ons.
There's still a lot of work to be done, but @Gondos suggested first implementing and unifying everything on Windows and then bringing it to Linux.

https://www.orbiter-forum.com/threads/linux-playground.40476/
I will try again now, fingers crossed. One more thing: Could you add a guide on how to compile Multistage2026 for linux in the README?
 
I will try again now, fingers crossed. One more thing: Could you add a guide on how to compile Multistage2026 for linux in the README?

That's right, thanks.
I need to create a short guide for compiling Multistage2026 on Linux and Windows using CMake.

Give me a moment and I'll put together a short step-by-step guide on GitHub.
 
That looks good. If you want it to look a bit better, you could use markdown code blocks (explained here: https://markdown.land/markdown-code-block)
 
Well, I got this error when executing cmake .. && make -j14:
Code:
CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:44 (add_subdirectory):
  The source directory

    /home/t3kkm0tt/orbiter_test/Orbiter/Orbitersdk/samples/Multistage2015_MFD

  does not contain a CMakeLists.txt file.


CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:45 (add_subdirectory):
  add_subdirectory given source
  "/home/t3kkm0tt/orbiter_test/Orbiter/Orbitersdk/samples/Stage_dll_2010"
  which is not an existing directory.
 
Well, I got this error when executing cmake .. && make -j14:
Code:
CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:44 (add_subdirectory):
  The source directory

    /home/t3kkm0tt/orbiter_test/Orbiter/Orbitersdk/samples/Multistage2015_MFD

  does not contain a CMakeLists.txt file.


CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:45 (add_subdirectory):
  add_subdirectory given source
  "/home/t3kkm0tt/orbiter_test/Orbiter/Orbitersdk/samples/Stage_dll_2010"
  which is not an existing directory.
Thanks for letting me know, I had forgotten about it.
 
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