Hi
Works OK here. I have 0755 on ~/.local/share/kstars and 664 on the catalogues:

-rw-rw-r-- 1 steve steve 2195456 ago 11 14:29 1_OpenNGC_7.kscat
-rw-rw-r-- 1 steve steve 2301952 ago 22 13:25 2_NGCICSteinicke_4.kscat
-rw-rw-r-- 1 steve steve 24576 ago 22 13:25 3_AbellPlanetaryNebulae_1.kscat
-rw-rw-r-- 1 steve steve 61440 ago 22 13:25 4_SharplessHIIregionCatalog_2.kscat
-rw-rw-r-- 1 steve steve 28672 jul 20 10:49 5_HicksonCompactGroups_1.kscat
-rw-rw-r-- 1 steve steve 258048 jul 20 10:49 6_LyndsCatalogueofDarkNebulae_1.kscat
-rw-r--r-- 1 steve steve 7737344 ago 22 13:25 dso_main.kscat

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