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INDI Library v2.0.6 is Released (02 Feb 2024)

Bi-monthly release with minor bug fixes and improvements

Astroberry Server 2.0.0 is available now!

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I have it all working, and I did it the same way you mentioned above, also all that is needed in terminal to run is “sudo PoleMaster” by editing the bashrc file as mentioned on the QHY site...if you don’t do this it WILL NOT RECOGNISE THE CAMERA, the PM software will run, but will not see the camera, this is explained on the QHY site...
With this done it orks great in the QHY polemaster software but does have to be launched from terminal, however, it DOES NOT work in ekos at all, not sure why, also I have tried to created a desktop icon, but with no luck at all, but as I say from terminal, on QHY own PM software, it perfect.. :)

So the solution you give above is perfect for getting the software to run, but the camera will not be recognised without another couple of steps... I realise as you do not have the PM camera it’s impossible for you to know this. :)
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RAW files support for CCDciel and ASTAP has been just added.
I have just made libpasastro library available for Astroberry. You will probably need to remove the original one before installing new one. Also you need to select which repository should be used for installation (note -t switch below), because libpasastro will be now available both from original Patrick's repo and astroberry repo. I'm not sure how it will work during next update. Please test and report.
sudo apt remove libpasastro
sudo apt install -t buster libpasastro
OR
sudo apt reinstall -t buster libpasastro
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This topic is becoming long (already 10 pages)
It will be locked soon, so please post new topics related to astroberry in Astroberry Subforum
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Nor should we expect you to support software written for other versions of Linux - IMO lets keep it to the task in hand - Indi/Ekos/phd2 etc etc on Raspbian. Thin support (no offence) should not be thinned still further.

Great job so far Radek - we have free working Raspbian version which can be updated via a simple mechanism - ok not the very latest but isn't a big deal.
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RPI3 Fedora testing out on AMD desktop Fedpra 28 - running kstars 2.9.4 , Indilib 1.7.4 ?????
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Ok, we get the point, that has already been made....no need for duplicates.. let’s move on... :)

Although to be honest I don’t think the support is thin, I think it’s excellent, and very quick...
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remove libpasastro also remove ccdciel,skychart and others. Do we need to reinstall each of them?
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Yes
sudo apt install ccdciel skychart skychart-data-dso skychart-data-pictures  skychart-data-stars
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Hello,

I am definitely in favor of demonstrated new products. I support new initiatives. This product meets the RPI4 needs right now. This is fantastic.

But, the underlying hardware is still ARMHF. Flavors of Linux are still Linux. Cross Pollination between distributions are not forbidden. Stated dependencies of specific paradigms are for look and feel. GUI looks are important. Cross Pollination of Hardware types is strongly not encouraged. AMD64 and ARMHF are not the same.

I found the PoleMaster_QT to work very well under Raspbian. Debian packages are compatible. I do not require it to be run under SUDO. It works fine as is. It finds Polaris. It sets the scope up for Alignment. It will track Polaris if required.

If only KSTARS was aware of the end result. The PolarAlign would be limited to other configurations and not PoleMaster systems. Just my thoughts.
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Would you care to explain how you got it to work without Sudo.....as I certainly can’t.... :(
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I will not get into detailed discussion this because it's off topic, but this just not right.
Linux is just a kernel of the system not the whole system. Every distribution of linux differs, Raspbian Buster is based on Debian 10, Ubuntu is a flavor of Debian too, but each of them is distributed with various versions of libraries, typically compiled with other version of GCC. There are many other differences than these. It's not about architecture (arm vs x86 v x86_64) as much as it's not about look and feel as you think. Actually look and feel can be exactly the same because it relays on application layer, not operating system layer. Each of these distributions can run Gnome, KDE, Openbox, you choose what.
QHY PoleMaster binary is built on Ubuntu Mate and it is linked dynamically to other version of libraries at the compilation time e.g. libqhyccd.so.4 vs libqhyccd.so.6, which is provided on Raspbian. And this is just one example, of many.

Anyway I'm glad that it works for you without problem on Rasbian. Why don't you share the trick with others? I believe that many users would be very greatful.
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Hello,

QHYCCD’s software, PoleMaster_QT, is a self contained application. The method I followed was explicit to the QHYCCD supplied directions. At the end of the script, every installed icon was tried to verify a successful install. I compared my AB1.1 successful install experience. This install was successful in installing the toolbar shortcuts. But, clicking did nothing.

Running from a terminal session yielded bad path. Hmm... I investigated the PATH issue and resolved it. The next attempt in terminal yielded a library file was missing. I researched the error of a missing library. The library was in the /usr/bin/PoleMaster/.

I found a Linux website which had many different “solutions”. I selected the simplest solution. The solution was to create a conf file in /etc/ld.so.conf.d/. The file needed to resolve the missing library is opencv.conf. The entry in this file is /usr/bin/PoleMaster/. Save the file.

The dire warning to run PoleMaster under sudo is not required under AstroBerry. The rights are more open for this OS. Besides, the package is contained in one directory structure.
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Astroberry 1 was Ubuntu based, Astroberry 2 is not.

Closing this thread. Please continue discussions on Astroberry opening new topics in indilib.org/forum/astroberry.html subforum
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