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Fresh Ubuntu Install?

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I did some searching, but can't seem to find an answer.  I'm trying to install KStars/Ekos on a clean Ubuntu OS (onboard Mini PC).  According to the "Installing KStars" KDE site (edu.kde.org/kstars/install.php), the apt install script doesn't result in a working KStars.  I suspect there's a bunch of prerequisites (INDI?) that are required.  I've tried the snap package as well, but that gives me a really old version.  Does anyone have a working set of commands to get KStars/Ekos installed and running on a clean Ubuntu system?
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:mutlaqja/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install indi-full kstars-bleeding
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What version of Ubuntu? 32 bit or 64 bit?
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Replied by AirBourn on topic Fresh Ubuntu Install?

I have 20.04.2.0 amd64 on an MSECORE with Intel-8565U.
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Replied by Scott Denning on topic Fresh Ubuntu Install?

Those exact commands work for me on ubuntu 20.04.2 (64 bit) on a cheap intel mini PC.
Of course you have to have a working network connection first, but I'm pretty sure that's all you need for INDI and KStars.
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Replied by ouioui01 on topic Fresh Ubuntu Install?

Hi,
check this : www.indilib.org/download.html

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You may want to do

sudo apt-get update

and

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

and then try the

sudo apt-get install

command again.
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Replied by MountainAir on topic Fresh Ubuntu Install?

I believe that's the exact command I've used a few times now, and it's worked for me. However, this solution isn't functional for me yet -- I need t run these Mini PCs headless, but can't seem to get VNC to run at startup. I can only VNC in after I login with a physical monitor, keyboard and mouse.  FYI in case that's your ultimate goal.
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Replied by Dominic on topic Fresh Ubuntu Install?

install Tiger Vnc

create a systemd service file example "
/etc/systemd/system/vncserver@.service
"
also set permissions correctly
chmod u+x /etc/systemd/system/vncserver@.service

example contents ( change both username / home dir / and monitor geometry )
[Unit] Description=Start Tiger VNC server at startup After=syslog.target network.target [Service] Type=forking User=dom Group=dom WorkingDirectory=/home/dom PIDFile=/home/dom/.vnc/%H:%i.pid ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/vncserver -kill :%i > /dev/null 2>&1 ExecStart=/usr/bin/vncserver -geometry 3440x1440 -localhost no :%i ExecStop=/usr/bin/vncserver -kill :%i [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target


then enable service
systemctl enable vncserver@.service
systemctl start vncserver@.service
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Or .... make sure that your user logs in automatically and make sure that VNC is an application that gets started automatically when your user logs in. For both you can search online how to do that. It depends on the login manager and the desktop that you are using.
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Replied by AirBourn on topic Fresh Ubuntu Install?

Indeed, that is the ultimate goal. I've heard that NoMachine is a good solution.
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You can search for all of this on internet yourself, right?

linuxhint.com/enable-automatic-login-on-ubuntu-20-04/
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Replied by Scott Denning on topic Fresh Ubuntu Install?

Unlike the R Pi, it's easiest to get most mini PCs to create a virtual screen by fooling the hardware into thinking there's a monitor attached. This is done with a cheap "dummy HDMI" plug you can get for $4 to $8 online. Here's a link to a good one on Amazon .

Wouter's link to the "auto-login" feature on ubuntu is perfect. You can also set that up during ubuntu install.

Hang in there! All this confusion and thrashing about are a one-time setup thing. Once you get it working, it will "just work" from now on.

Good luck!
Scott
 
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