Linux:software:xephem

From Linux How-To Repository

Issues When Compiling XEphem

This presumes you have already downloaded the source.

The instructions for compiling the Astronomy program XEphem looked a bit daunting at first, but once I started searching around there was nothing to it. You just have to know what packages to have installed beforehand. To save yourself any trouble, just install all of these first:

   sudo apt-get install libmotif3 libmotif-dev x11proto-print-dev libxmu-dev libxp-dev

Then, you navigate to the xephem*/GUI/xephem directory to do the compile. For 32 bit machines, you just compile with this:

   make MOTIF=../../libXm/linux86

For 64 bit machines, try this:

   make MOTIF=/usr/lib

Once that is done, follow the install instructions in the XEphem Readme to install the program.