Hi SuSE folk, I have heard of a set of files for KDE called Edutainment. There is a package in their that is called Stars, an astronomy program I want to install for my wife. Running SuSE 8.2 and checked in their archives, Did not find it. Also tried an apt-getinstall. No luck Was able to Google and found a CVS tar file for Stars. Would rather have the rpm and the whole package. Any ideas/ info?? Bob S.
On Wed, 2003-09-03 at 18:33, Bob S. wrote:
Hi SuSE folk,
I have heard of a set of files for KDE called Edutainment. There is a package in their that is called Stars, an astronomy program I want to install for my wife. Running SuSE 8.2 and checked in their archives, Did not find it. Also tried an apt-getinstall. No luck Was able to Google and found a CVS tar file for Stars. Would rather have the rpm and the whole package.
Hi Bob - I have it in my SuSE 8.2 as Kstars in the Edutainment>Science menu. HTH, Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com Don't Panic!
On Wednesday 03 September 2003 8:35 pm, Marian Routh wrote:
On Wed, 2003-09-03 at 18:33, Bob S. wrote:
Hi SuSE folk,
I have heard of a set of files for KDE called Edutainment. There is a package in their that is called Stars, an astronomy program I want to install for my wife. Running SuSE 8.2 and checked in their archives, Did not find it. Also tried an apt-getinstall. No luck Was able to Google and found a CVS tar file for Stars. Would rather have the rpm and the whole package.
Hi Bob - I have it in my SuSE 8.2 as Kstars in the Edutainment>Science menu.
Yup, you want to install the package named kdeedu3, the program is named 'kstars', and it's a pretty good astro tool. :-) -Nick
I have heard of a set of files for KDE called Edutainment. There is a package in their that is called Stars, an astronomy program I want to install for my wife. Running SuSE 8.2 and checked in their archives, Did not find it. Also tried an apt-getinstall. No luck Was able to Google and found a CVS tar file for Stars. Would rather have the rpm and the whole package.
Do you have to have a KDE package? If not, have a look at XEphem, which is on the disks. It's Motif based (well someone has to support that toolkit!). Far and away the best star charting program I have seen on any platform. The only drawback is that it might be just a bit too complicated - I suppose that depends on your wife's level. Have a look here: http://www.clearskyinstitute.com/xephem/xephem.html --
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On Wednesday 03 September 2003 22:11, Derek Fountain wrote:
I have heard of a set of files for KDE called Edutainment. There is a package in their that is called Stars, an astronomy program I want to install for my wife. Running SuSE 8.2 and checked in their archives, Did not find it. Also tried an apt-getinstall. No luck Was able to Google and found a CVS tar file for Stars. Would rather have the rpm and the whole package.
Do you have to have a KDE package? If not, have a look at XEphem, which is on the disks. It's Motif based (well someone has to support that toolkit!). Far and away the best star charting program I have seen on any platform. The only drawback is that it might be just a bit too complicated - I suppose that depends on your wife's level.
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Thanks to everyone for the info and suggestions. Bob S.
Bob S. wrote:
Hi SuSE folk,
I have heard of a set of files for KDE called Edutainment. There is a package in their that is called Stars, an astronomy program I want to install for my wife. Running SuSE 8.2 and checked in their archives, Did not find it. Also tried an apt-getinstall. No luck Was able to Google and found a CVS tar file for Stars. Would rather have the rpm and the whole package.
Any ideas/ info??
If you mean kstars - and I think you do - it's in the kdeedu3 package. It was introduced in 8.0 and even appeared as part of the marketing on SuSE's website but wasn't, I think, installed by default. Unfortunately, the rpm info doesn't name kstars except on the file list. So you won't find it using the YaST package installer even by doing a search on the description. -- JDL Non enim propter gloriam, diuicias aut honores pugnamus set propter libertatem solummodo quam Nemo bonus nisi simul cum vita amittit.
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