Stellarium running on Ubuntu

[abberation]

I have a desktop that I intend to use in my "tin shed" to run Stellarium. I have always used windows but thought that I would have a change and use Ubuntu as the operating system. This loaded ok and I was very impressed at the speed it connnects to the internet. I thought that would be the difficult part. However I downloaded a linux version of Stellarium and extracted the files but that is as far as I can get. Does anyone use Stellarium in Ubuntu, if so could you point me in the right direction for the version I should be using and any other tips that may be useful.

[MakkaPakka1]

You can download Stellarium for Ubuntu in the Software Centre. Just type in a search and install. It runs really well on the OS, probably better than the MS version. I am currently running it on Ubuntu 12.10.

[abberation]

MakkaPakka1 - thanks for the prompt reply, I'll try that.

[SnakeyJ]

No problem with Stellarium running on Ubuntu - works a treat. There is a pre-built package in the repositories, much simpler than compiling from source. You can get this through the software centre, or by using the more traditional/quicker command line :

sudo apt-get install stellarium

I'm currently running this on 12.04 LTS, but any of the recent version from 8.04 should be okay.

Shouldn't need it, but good luck anyway...

[abberation]

Thanks both for replies, I have it working well, am very pleased with it, but I have a lot to learn about Ubuntu. Must have had it for at least 2 hours!

[David Smith]

I run Stellarium (from the software centre) on 12.04 without any problems. There is a pps for updates available on sourceforge I think.