{"id":6644,"date":"2017-03-23T15:41:37","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T15:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=6644"},"modified":"2017-03-23T15:41:37","modified_gmt":"2017-03-23T15:41:37","slug":"stellarium-0-15-2-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2017\/03\/stellarium-0-15-2-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Stellarium 0.15.2 Released! How to Install it in Ubuntu 16.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/stellarium-icon245.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6645\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Stellarium, a free and open-source planetarium software, has reached the 0.15.2 release a few days ago with over 100 improvements and bug fixes.<\/p>\n<p>Some new features in Stellarium 0.15.2:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>an algorithm for DeltaT<\/li>\n<li>orbit visualization data for asteroids<\/li>\n<li>new option for the InfoString group<\/li>\n<li>support for calculating extincted magnitudes of satellites<\/li>\n<li>new type of Solar system objects: sednoids<\/li>\n<li>read the <a href=\"https:\/\/sourceforge.net\/p\/stellarium\/news\/2017\/03\/stellarium-0152-has-been-released\/\" target=\"_blank\">announcement<\/a> for more details.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/stellarium-ubuntu.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"434\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/stellarium-ubuntu.jpg 580w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/stellarium-ubuntu-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>How to Install Stellarium 0.15.2 in Ubuntu \/ Linux Mint:<\/h4>\n<p>The new release has been made into the <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~stellarium\/+archive\/ubuntu\/stellarium-releases\" target=\"_blank\">official PPA<\/a>, available for <b>Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 16.10, Ubuntu 17.04, Linux Mint 18.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Open terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T or searching for &#8220;Terminal&#8221; from start menu. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:stellarium\/stellarium-releases<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type in your password (no visual feedback due to security reason) and hit Enter.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/stellarium-ppa-xenial-600x107.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"107\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/stellarium-ppa-xenial-600x107.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/stellarium-ppa-xenial-450x80.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/stellarium-ppa-xenial.jpg 766w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> If you have an existing Stellarium installation, launch <b>Software Updater<\/b> (Update Manager) and upgrade the software after checking for updates.<\/p>\n<p><i><b>Tip<\/b>: It&#8217;s highly recommended to reset the settings when you will install the new version<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Or just run commands in terminal to install \/ upgrade Stellarium:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt update\r\n\r\nsudo apt install stellarium<\/pre>\n<p><b>Uninstall:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>You can easily restore Stellarium to the stock version in your Ubuntu main repository by purging the PPA via command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt install ppa-purge && sudo ppa-purge ppa:stellarium\/stellarium-releases<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stellarium, a free and open-source planetarium software, has reached the 0.15.2 release a few days ago with over 100 improvements and bug fixes. Some new features in Stellarium 0.15.2: an algorithm for DeltaT orbit visualization data for asteroids new option for the InfoString group support for calculating extincted magnitudes of satellites new type of Solar [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6644\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}