You can learn how to use the GNU/Linux desktop version of Stellarium if you have an interesting in and familiarity with clunky software. It is actually a quite advanced planetarium program with a lot of advanced functionality beneath the joke of a user interface that is filled with everything but the basic essentials you would need to get any benefit out of it. To remove the software, either use your system package manager or run command: sudo apt-get remove -autoremove stellariumĪnd remove the PPA via “Software & Updates” utility under Other Software tab.Stellarium is a pretty advanced free software planetarium program with a user-interface that gets so many basic things wrong that you will likely judge Stellarium to be a completely useless and worthless piece of software the the first time you try it. Or run following commands to install the software for the first time: sudo apt-get update

Then upgrade Stellarium from an existing release with Software Updater utility: Type user password (no asterisk feedback while typing) when it prompts and hit Enter.Ģ.

When it opens, run command to add the PPA: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:stellarium/stellarium-releases Open terminal either via Ctrl+Alt+T keyboard shortcut or by searching ‘terminal’ from app launcher. How to Install Stellarium 0.19.0 in Ubuntu:ġ. Add armintxe, paleolithic sky culture and landscape.Add support 2 southern deep sky catalogues.Add classifications support for sky cultures.Add GUI options to change constellations and asterisms font size.Add new type of computation for AstroCalc/Phenomena tool.Stellarium 0.19.0 features 5 new sky cultures, many new DSO textures, code refactoring, and many other changes including: Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 18.10, and higher.

Stellarium released version 0.19.0 today.

Stellarium program