gliese software package provides stellar data set from the Third Catalogue of Nearby Stars, you can install in your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install gliese
gliese is installed in your system.
Make ensure the gliese package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gliese *
You will get with gliese package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin |
| Section | Mathematics |
| Package | gliese |
| Version | 3.0.95-2 |
| Description | stellar data set from the Third Catalogue of Nearby Stars |
| Sub Section | Math |