Running FMS Data Manager on Linux with WINE and X-Plane 12

Navigraph is probably the most popular source of navigation data for flight simulators. Roughly once a month they release a new data package with updated waypoints and metadata, such as altitude and speed restrictions, as well as changes to procedures at airports around the world. Updating this data can be a bit tedious, so they offer a program to help us with that - which, of course, isn’t available on Linux. There isn't much information on this topic online, so hear me out, world wide web: you can run FMS Data Manager using WINE.

Just download the installer and let it do its job. Then, launch NGFMSManager.exe. On Windows, the app can usually detect your flight simulator automatically, but not on Linux.

To fix this, go to settings and manually set the path to your simulator. For example, a native X-Plane 12 installed via Steam is likely located here:

/home/username/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/X-Plane 12

In a WINE environment, that translates to:

Z:\home\username\.steam\steam\steamapps\common\X-Plane 12\

The disk Z: is used to access your Linux filesystem. Also, note that the slashes are reversed.

Next, go to the addon mappings tab and run a scan. After that, your simulator will appear in the list.

Now, go to the addon list tab and update the navigation data.

And that's it! Now that everything is configured, you'll be able to update navdata in one click, like you'd normally do on Windows.