compiled:
SimGear-0.3.4
plib-1.6.0
FlightGear-0.9.3
unpacked FlightGear-0.9.3 base files to /usr/local

looks like i'm missing something in /usr/local/lib
when i try fgfs, i get the following error
"Base package check failed ... Found version [none] at: /usr/local/lib/FlightGear
Please upgrade to version: 0.9.3"

this was all done under rh9, just had to try it !

oh well i might as well try the rpm
or slak it

edit: from what i can find all this is in /usr/lib/flightgear not /usr/local/flightgear

not sure how to fix this one <~~~ newb

try copying one of those directories to /usr/local/lib/FlightGear

i was thinkin of trying that....
will post results

well moving the files to the dedfault dir work'd ( that is if it is the dedfault dir)
after further reading, i could have just used the info @ flightgear:

runfgfs --option1 --option2...,

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/FlightGear/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH/

or on C shell (compatibles):

setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH
/usr/local/FlightGear/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

Besides this (used by the dynamic linker) ”fgfs” knows about the following environment variable:

FG_ROOT: root directory for the FlightGear base package,

which corresponds to the --fg-root=path option as described in Sec. 4.4.1