Lafuente_Astronomy (2020-03-24) wrote:Obviously, time marches on, and so does Celestia 1.7.0. I have fully deleted all of the original installation steps in this guide and will be replacing them in a moment (Thankfully, they have all been replaced)
I will also detail how to download Celestia 1.7.0 for Mac and Linux as well (Or if someone else wants to do it instead, you may)
CELESTIA 1.7.0 INSTALL FOR WINDOWSOS allowed: Windows XP(Questionable), Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10
Note: You can use any unzipping program to unzip the files needed. In the case of this guide, I use WinRAR. Other unzipping programs like 7Zip, Keka, Ashampoo, and the like are applicable as well
Step 1: Download The Necessary FilesGo to this website on GitHub:
https://github.com/CelestiaProject/Celestia. It should look like this:
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Look for the obvious green button that says "Clone or download", click on it, then click "Download ZIP", as shown here
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It will take some time, maybe a minute or 2 for the entire ZIP to be done. But while the file is downloading, it's time to prepare its home. Create a folder for it, give it any name you want but it should at least have the words "Celestia 1.7.0". The folder can be placed anywhere, as demonstrated in here:
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Once the ZIP file is done downloading, open it. It should look like this:
(Remember again, I am using WinRAR, so the views of the files from other unzipping programs will look different. But regardless, what's important is that you see the files, names and all)
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Open "Celestia-master" and see all its contents as seen here:
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These are all the main files (Aside from the binaries files that we will deal with in Step 2) that serve as the main base of Celestia 1.7.0's data. Prepare to unzip/extract them as seen here:
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And then extract them to the folder you have recently made for it, as seen here:
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(P.S I am also downloading the latest version of Celestia 1.7.0(At the time of the composing of this guide) at the time that I made this entire guide, so it's also as much a lesson for me as it is for you)
Once all the files from Celestia-master have been fully unzipped, go to the file you have made for it, and check it again. If you are a meticulous person, you can try to check if there are any missing files or other problems. But anyways, all of it should be arranged like this:
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Section 2:
(Missing in the list but is actually there: win32-installer-image)
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If you've checked that all the files from the Celestia-master ZIP has been fully moved from the ZIP to your folder without any loss or corruption of files whatsoever, then it is a successful extraction. And thus, you are done with Step 1
There are two types of versions presented in the History Section: Stable releases, in the form of 1.7.0-dev-XXX, with the number only and testing releases in the form of 1.7.0-dev-XXX-xxxxxxxx, with the number and random letters. Download only the latest stable release, if the latest in History is a testing release
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Download the latest stable releases files, which are the qt and win files, as seen in the first image of Step 2. They are both in ZIP format
Unlike the Celestia-master ZIP file, they are quicker to finish
Once they are done, choose which file to add first, be it qt or win. We will then, proceed to tell you how to extract the qt and win files to your folder, exactly in that order
For qt:[
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This is what it will look like when you first open up the qt ZIP file. Clicking on the "qt" folder will lead you to this:
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Simply click "Release", and then you will see this:
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These are the files that serve as the qt section of the Binaries for Celestia 1.7.0.
You just have to simply extract them to your folder, as seen here:
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Once that is done, you may feel free to either check up with the folder (If you installed win first) or proceed to extract the win files to your folder (If you haven't done it yet)
For win:[
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This is what it will look like when you first open up the win ZIP file. Clicking on the "win32" folder will lead you to this:
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Same as with the qt ZIP file, simply click on "Release", and you will see this:
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These are the files that serve as the win section of the Binaries for Celestia 1.7.0
And just as simply as the qt files, extract them to your folder as seen here:
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Once that is done, you may feel free to either check up with the folder (If you installed qt first) or proceed to extract the qt files to your folder (If you haven't done it yet)
At this point, both qt and win files are now both in your Celestia 1.7.0 folder, alongside the Celestia-master files that you have added back in Step 1
So, go back to your folder, and again, feel free to check it to see if any files are possibly lost or corrupted in transition. It may not happen but it's best to make sure
So, here's how they would look like:
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Section 2:
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Section 3:
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If you've checked that all the files from both the qt and win ZIP has been fully moved from the ZIP to your folder without any loss of files, it is a successful extraction. And with a fully and successfully extracted Celestia-master ZIP file, you have but only 1 more step...
Step 3: ENJOY!!!!!![
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Enjoy using Celestia 1.7.0. You deserved it
Notes:You can also add addons in order to spice up your Celestia Experience. Be careful though, as putting too much addons will greatly affect the graphic performance of Celestia and thus cause it to lag
You also have constantly check on both GitHub and AppVeyor to check for the latest versions of both The Celestia Master ZIP file and The Stable Celestia Binaries ZIP Files, so that you can get the fixes, changes and improvements that our developers will add in to Celestia 1.7.0 over time.
Since Celestia 1.7.0 is a work-in-progress, it is subject to all these fixes, changes and improvements from time to time, so if you want your version of Celestia 1.7.0 to be the latest version yet, you'll have to constantly update your Celestia 1.7.0 files with the new data from both GitHub and AppVeyor
Which, in my personal opinion, isn't that hard to do
