¶ License
End User Licence Agreement of IVAO Pilot Software
¶ Important Information
This installation guide is only available and working for the following simulators :
- X-Plane on linux
See our FAQ for software installations here.
¶ Installing Altitude
- To begin the installation process, make sure that X-Plane is not running.
- Firstly, download the Altitude for linux from the IVAO website
- After downloading is finished, unzip the files to a suitable location.
You should see the zip containing folders below :
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- Move both “ivao_pilot” and “IVAO_CSL” folders into X-Plane11's
Rescources/pluginsfolder.
Be aware that the plugin is different based on your xplane version.
At this point, you will have something like this :
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Install the necessary dependencies :
¶ On Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt-get install -y libssl3 libgstreamer1.0-0 gstreamer1.0-plugins-base gstreamer1.0-plugins-good gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio
¶ On Fedora
sudo dnf install -y openssl3-libs gstreamer1 gstreamer1-plugins-base gstreamer1-plugins-good gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free
You can find more information on the README.txt file of the downloaded zip.
Steam– IVAO Plugin not loading
When running X-Plane 12 via Steam, the IVAO plugin may not appear in the Plugin Manager , even though the Pilot UI starts normally.
To fix this, set the Steam compatibility option to Legacy Runtime 1.0:
- Open Steam
- Right-click X-Plane 12 → Properties
- Go to Compatibility
- Enable Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool
- Select Legacy Runtime 1.0
- Restart Steam and launch X-Plane again
After applying this setting, the IVAO plugin should load normally and appear in the Plugin Manager.
¶ Installing X-CSL Package
Extract X-CSL-Updater-1.3.1-lin.tar.gz with right-click, Extract here, or execute this command in the terminal :
tar -zxvf X-CSL-Updater-1.3.1-lin.tar.gz
Now enter to the extracted folder : cd X-CSL-Updater/ and run the executable: ./X-CSL-Updater.sh
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If you cannot run the executable, give permission to the file: sudo chmod +x X-CSL-Updater.sh
Now select the Xplane executable :
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Click Index, Select All, Update.
Once you are done, you can close this window.
¶ Running Altitude
Start the simulator and load the airplane at some airport.
Go to the place where you have IVAO_Altitude-x86_64.AppImage (included on the zip).
Give exec permission to the AppImage : sudo chmod +x IVAO_Altitude-x86_64.AppImage
Run the AppImage : ./IVAO_Altitude-x86_64.AppImage
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More info on AppImage files : https://appimage.org
¶ AUTHOR
- VID 644626 - Creation
- VID 644626 - Updates
¶ COPYRIGHT
- This documentation is copyrighted as part of the intellectual property of the International Virtual Aviation Organisation.
¶ DISCLAIMER
- The content of this documentation is intended for aviation simulation only and must not be used for real aviation operations.