Contents -------- 1) Introduction 2) Building with autoconf/automake 3) Contact 1) Introduction --------------- JSBSim is a multi-platform, general purpose object-oriented Flight Dynamics Model (FDM) written in C++. Jon Berndt and Tony Peden began about mid-1998 writing JSBSim. As of this writing it is the default FDM for FlightGear. JSBSim can also be run in a standalone batch mode for testing and study. More information on JSBSim can be found at the JSBSim home page here: http://www.jsbsim.org 2) Building with autoconf/automake ---------------------------------- Unpack the distribution tarball (if needed - CVS users will have downloaded the code directly) using your preferred method, and change to the working directory. For example : $ tar xvfz JSBSim-0.1.2.tar.gz $ cd JSBSim-0.1.2 NOTE for CVS users: If you are using JSBSim from a CVS checkout, or snapshot, you will need to create the initial configure script. The commands to do this have been included in the 'autogen.sh' script, so just : $ ./autogen.sh [--no-configure] If you wish to customise your version of JSBSim, use the following to determine any build-time options you may be interested in. $ ./configure --help Then : $ ./configure This will check your system platform, compiler and other local configuration variables needed to build JSBSim, and generates the necessary Makefiles. Next : $ make Will compile the various classes, and build the JSBSim application. 3) Building JSBSim libraries ---------------------------- By default, the JSBSim libraries are not built. To build and install the libraries, use: $ ./autogen --enable-libraries [--disable-static] [--enable-shared] The configure options can be used to select what libraries to build. $ make install Unless specified otherwise (with --prefix configure option), this will install JSBSim libraries into '/usr/local/lib' and JSBSim headers into '/usr/local/include/JSBSim'. 4) Contact ---------- For more information on JSBSim contact Jon Berndt at jon@jsbsim.org.