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(September 29, 2023) Current stable version: 3.5.5

	Package	SHA256
Linux	DEB package (98 MB) RPM package (98 MB) Linux/Unix installer (51 MB) AppImage (95 MB) AUR stable - `gaiasky` AUR dev - `gaiasky-git` Flatpak (via Flathub)	9065f25a4dbd8fe037f6c7941b3e5fe47d6f1eddbcb2c5dc4daab5e81517d232 7374948a0571a9f94388cc9cd2210c3105fdeaf45f89771b515733ed2cf8b354 d398882b8476e77ce0f91980ecdc086923e18cb72fea6cbf77dc83e247f2999e ac1575607e5196e27417a2843d6e1b14365ec6639a9823b9b4a8bf232ebffa8e - - -
Windows	64-bit installer (97 MB)	b6f86f30f5f39f52a3b633b2c52e2df8281eb9071f91e31e4e2adc9a92469949
macOS	DMG package (105 MB)	33ef1499d17b16ffb5a3f538f3abd47a7e5b1cf4252ca51d39a0ea70420c10ae
Archive file	TAR.GZ archive file (48 MB)	7ab7dd6a106c8d23b53b0e236ab51f63e0194403d861420b9facec23bd7add2e
GIT repository	Source code	-

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Installation instructions

Windows installer

Download the installer and double-click on it. Follow the on-screen instructions. In Windows 8/10 SmartScreen may block the installation. If so, just click on More info and then on Run anyway.

macOS installer

Download and open the DMG file. Drag the Gaia Sky.app application from the mounted drive to your /Applications directory. Our package is not signed, so you may want to have a look at how to open apps from "unidentified developers".

TGZ installation

Uncompress the archive in POSIX systems using:

tar -zxvf gaiasky-[version].tar.gz

DEB package

Run the following in a terminal:

dpkg -i gaiasky-[version].deb

RPM package

Run the following in a terminal:

rpm -ivh --nodigest gaiasky-[version].rpm

AUR package

Use any tool capable of installing packages from AUR. The package name is gaiasky. For example, with yay:

yay -S gaiasky

Flatpak

To install, just do:

flatpak install flathub de.uni_heidelberg.zah.GaiaSky

Run with:

flatpak run de.uni_heidelberg.zah.GaiaSky

AppImage

The AppImage package does not need to be installed. Just download the file, optionally check the digest, give it execution permission, and run it.
Check digest:

sha256 ./GaiaSky_[version].appimage

Give execution permission to your user:

chmod u+x ./GaiaSky_[version].appimage

Run with:

./GaiaSky_[version].appimage

Gaia Sky VR

Gaia Sky supports Virtual Reality via OpenXR on Linux and Windows. Use the CLI argument gaiasky -vr or use the gaiaskyvr.exe executable (on Windows) to run it. You need a VR headset and runtime supporting OpenXR.

Getting the data

The Gaia Sky installation only contains the raw program. If you actually need to run Gaia Sky you will need to download some data (catalogs, 3D models, textures, etc.). To do so, Gaia Sky contains an integrated dataset manager to help you get the datasets you need. In case you need to run Gaia Sky in a machine without an internet connection or have problems with the built-in downloads, we offer direct downloads for all versions of all datasets. As a general rule of thumb, you should always get the most recent version.

Gaia Sky data repository