How to Install kstars software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install kstars software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

kstars software package provides desktop planetarium for KDE, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install kstars 

kstars is installed in your system.

Make ensure the kstars package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep kstars *

You will get with kstars package name, version, architecture and description in a table

kstars package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Science
Package kstars
Version 4:15.12.3-0ubuntu2
Description desktop planetarium for KDE
Sub Section Science


See Also, How to uninstall or remove kstars software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?