Stellarium in Repo?

**Daveski17** · January 26th, 2019

I'm just curious, but why has Stellarium disappeared from Ubuntu Software?

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Furthermore, it seems to have disappeared from Installed Software on my laptop. Although it's still actually there.

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Can anyone shed any light on this please?

Thanks.

**1fallen** · January 26th, 2019

I don't know why but if you want/need it:

Code:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:stellarium/stellarium-releases
sudo apt update

This has always been very well maintained with "my" experience using it (FWIW). https://launchpad.net/~stellarium/+a...arium-releases

**monkeybrain20122** · January 26th, 2019

well it is. Which Ubuntu is it? (Screenshot from 18.04)

If you are using Ubuntu 16.04 then maybe it doesn't show up in the Software Centre since the SC's listing is not complete and they are adding more stuffs as time goes on. But you can find it in synaptic.

Anyway the repo's version is old. To get the newest version you can either use this ppa
or download the appimage from stellarium's website
To use the appimage, right click, in Properties > Permission check allow to run as a program then you can just run it by clicking.
Then there is a flatpak which will also be updated regularly as you see from my screenshot but that is because I have installed flatpak and added the flathub repo, it won't show in your system if you haven't done that.

**Daveski17** · January 26th, 2019

Originally Posted by 1fallen

I don't know why but if you want/need it:

Code:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:stellarium/stellarium-releases
sudo apt update

This has always been very well maintained with "my" experience using it (FWIW). https://launchpad.net/~stellarium/+a...arium-releases

OK thanks.

**Daveski17** · January 26th, 2019

Originally Posted by monkeybrain20122

well it is. Which Ubuntu is it? (Screenshot from 18.04)

If you are using Ubuntu 16.04 then maybe it doesn't show up in the Software Centre since the SC's listing is not complete and they are adding more stuffs as time goes on. But you can find it in synaptic.

Anyway the repo's version is old. To get the newest version you can either use this ppa
or download the appimage from stellarium's website
To use the appimage, right click, in Properties > Permission check allow to run as a program then you can just run it by clicking.

Thanks. I'm running 16.04 LTS, before that I ran 14.04 for years and Stellarium has always been in the repo. It was in a few weeks ago as I uninstalled then reinstalled it from the repo. I have a copy of it on my laptop. I don't understand why Stellarium has disappeared from the installed programs list though, as I can still use it.

**Daveski17** · January 27th, 2019

It's back!

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**Frogs Hair** · January 27th, 2019

I see Stellarium in synaptic tough you'll probably get the latest updates with the PPA. Enjoy !

**Daveski17** · January 27th, 2019

Originally Posted by Frogs Hair

I see Stellarium in synaptic tough you'll probably get the latest updates with the PPA. Enjoy !

Thanks. I'm guessing that its temporary disappearance was due to site maintenance on the repo.

**oldrocker99** · February 4th, 2019

My go-to program has been Aqualung, a gapless music player, which disappeared from the repos some time ago. There was a PPA, which has not been updated since Trusty Tahr, and 18.04 is Cosmic Cuttlefish, so it's been quite some time.

So, having a few successes with compiling source code, I downloaded the Aqualung source code, read what dependencies are required, including compiling GTK2, and, finally the missing -dev files, and successfully compiled the program.

It's really not as hard as people think, and the compiled program will be customized for your system. Obviously, 98% of my programs are from the repos, and some PPAs.