Celestia Help!

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Celestia Help!

Post #1by Phoenix27 » 01.10.2007, 19:15

I use Ubuntu, and I've just recently downloaded Celestia.

I would really like to input some add-ons but for some odd reason, the Celestia folder is like non-existent!

The program works, and I've searched all over my system for the folder, but nothing.

Anyone know what I can do?
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Re: Celestia Help!

Post #2by t00fri » 01.10.2007, 19:23

Phoenix27 wrote:I use Ubuntu, and I've just recently downloaded Celestia.

I would really like to input some add-ons but for some odd reason, the Celestia folder is like non-existent!

The program works, and I've searched all over my system for the folder, but nothing.

Anyone know what I can do?


Being a Linux operating system, Ubuntu features a most powerful set of UNIX commands. So just search for your lost folder:

Open your terminal and type
> cd /
> find . -name "Celestia*" -print

It might be worth to learn a bit about your OWN computer.

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Re: Celestia Help!

Post #3by Phoenix27 » 01.10.2007, 19:31

t00fri wrote:
Phoenix27 wrote:I use Ubuntu, and I've just recently downloaded Celestia.

I would really like to input some add-ons but for some odd reason, the Celestia folder is like non-existent!

The program works, and I've searched all over my system for the folder, but nothing.

Anyone know what I can do?

Being a Linux operating system, Ubuntu features a most powerful set of UNIX commands. So just search for your lost folder:

Open your terminal and type
> cd /
> find . -name "Celestia*" -print

It might be worth to learn a bit about your OWN computer.

Bye Fridger


I just switched to it, thanks.
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Re: Celestia Help!

Post #4by Phoenix27 » 01.10.2007, 19:35

t00fri wrote:
Phoenix27 wrote:I use Ubuntu, and I've just recently downloaded Celestia.

I would really like to input some add-ons but for some odd reason, the Celestia folder is like non-existent!

The program works, and I've searched all over my system for the folder, but nothing.

Anyone know what I can do?

Being a Linux operating system, Ubuntu features a most powerful set of UNIX commands. So just search for your lost folder:

Open your terminal and type
> cd /
> find . -name "Celestia*" -print

It might be worth to learn a bit about your OWN computer.

Bye Fridger


It didn't work.
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Post #5by t00fri » 01.10.2007, 19:44

What do you mean with "It didn't work"???

a) you mistyped the commandline
b) nothing was printed => no directory with name Celestia...
is on your harddisk.

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Post #6by Phoenix27 » 02.10.2007, 00:02

t00fri wrote:What do you mean with "It didn't work"???

a) you mistyped the commandline
b) nothing was printed => no directory with name Celestia...
is on your harddisk.

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It was b.
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Post #7by dirkpitt » 02.10.2007, 00:12

Is the folder /usr/local/share/celestia?
If not, you can create your own addons folder and tell Celestia to look for it.
For example: celestia --extrasdir ~/celestia
(type celestia --help for more options)

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Post #8by t00fri » 02.10.2007, 07:12

dirkpitt wrote:Is the folder /usr/local/share/celestia?
If not, you can create your own addons folder and tell Celestia to look for it.
For example: celestia --extrasdir ~/celestia
(type celestia --help for more options)


That would have been my next suggestion ;-) ...but since he wrote he was missing the (capital C) Celestia folder ...

So how about trying

> cd /usr
> find . -name celestia -print

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Post #9by bdm » 03.10.2007, 01:56

t00fri wrote:
dirkpitt wrote:Is the folder /usr/local/share/celestia?
If not, you can create your own addons folder and tell Celestia to look for it.
For example: celestia --extrasdir ~/celestia
(type celestia --help for more options)

That would have been my next suggestion ;-) ...but since he wrote he was missing the (capital C) Celestia folder ...

So how about trying

> cd /usr
> find . -name celestia -print

Bye Fridger

Your previous example had "Celestia*". Did you intend to change more than just the case of the initial letter?

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Post #10by John Van Vliet » 04.10.2007, 20:37

i run fedora and not Ubuntu but it should be in one of a few places
first open the install file with your archive manager and look at the folder names
example
celestia-1.4.1-7.fc6.i386.rpm
/usr
-- |-- bin
---- `-- celestia
-- |-- share
-------|-- applications
-------|-- celestia
---------| |-- data
---------| |-- demo.cel
---------| |-- extras
---------| |-- fonts
---------| |-- guide.cel
---------| |-- models
---------| |-- shaders
---------| |-- splash
---------| | `-- splash.png
-------| |-- start.cel
-------| `-- textures
---------| |-- flare.jpg
------ | |-- hires
------ | |-- logo.png
------ | |-- lores
------ | `-- medres
-- |-- doc
-- |-- locale

`-- celestia.png




edited later
i just looked at the celestia_1.3.2-3.3ubuntu1_i386.deb
and it installes into /usr/share/celestia
Last edited by John Van Vliet on 04.10.2007, 20:51, edited 2 times in total.

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Post #11by t00fri » 04.10.2007, 20:45

bdm wrote:
t00fri wrote:
dirkpitt wrote:Is the folder /usr/local/share/celestia?
If not, you can create your own addons folder and tell Celestia to look for it.
For example: celestia --extrasdir ~/celestia
(type celestia --help for more options)

That would have been my next suggestion ;-) ...but since he wrote he was missing the (capital C) Celestia folder ...

So how about trying

> cd /usr
> find . -name celestia -print

Bye Fridger
Your previous example had "Celestia*". Did you intend to change more than just the case of the initial letter?


NO.

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