PHD2 Ubuntu packages

[Patrick Chevalley]

Hi,

I have build packages for Ubuntu systems so it is now easy to install PHD2 on Linux.
They are located in my personal PPA for now: https://launchpad.net/~pch/+archive/ubuntu/phd2

To install PHD2 you can use the following command line or use the equivalent function in the Ubuntu GUI installer:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pch/phd2
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install phd2

After installation you can launch PHD2 from the application menu Education/Science, the same place as Kstars, Stellarium or Skychart.

Compatible system are Ubuntu trusty(14.04) and utopic(14.10) running on Intel/Amd 32 or 64 bit processor.
The .deb packages can probably be installed on Debian or other Debian derivative that provide the same library level.

If you are interested to build the .deb packages yourself, all the required files are now include in the source code repository and I will add the build instruction in the wiki.

Patrick

[Hans]

nice !    _bow_

[Andy Galasso]

Patrick,

That is excellent, thank you!

Andy

[Oleh Malyi]

Hi Patrick,

can you do add a new uk_UA locale to your .deb packages?
You can get it from last PHD2 source.

Четвер, 11 грудня 2014 р. 14:46:46 UTC користувач Patrick Chevalley написав:

[Patrick Chevalley]

can you do add a new uk_UA locale to your .deb packages?
You can get it from last PHD2 source.

 
Yes, but I am aways and return home only on Sunday.
I will probably update the deb at the beginning of next week.

Patrick

[Patrick Chevalley]

I update the packages today with the last trunk version.

If you subscribe to the ppa, PHD2 should be upgraded automatically with your normal system upgrade.

Patrick

[m.bocc...@ieee.org]

Is the Orion Starshoot Auto-guider a supported camera in OpenPhd2 (ubuntu)?

I installed the software and it runs fine but the SSAG is not on the camera list. The source is in the directory, but it does not seem to be available.

Any help would be welcome.

Thanks

Mike

[Patrick Chevalley]

The source cam_SSAG is for Windows only.

Depending on your camera version it may work with INDI QHY driver.
See http://www.indilib.org/devices/ccds/qhy.html

Patrick

[m.bocc...@ieee.org]

Thank you for the clarification and the hint about the QHY driver. My SSAG is only 2 years old and it does not appear to connect.

I have been considering an ASI camera. Is there one that works better than another? The one I am looking at is ZWO ASI120MC. A 1.2MP color camera. 

There are some very good reviews of this camera from an imaging point of view, but nothing about it working with OpanPHD.

Thanks,

Mike

[b.bi...@gmail.com]

Hello Patrick, is this procedure to load PHD2 to Ubuntu still valid?   I am setting up Ubuntu 22.04 on a Laptop and a Raspberry Pi + Ubuntu 22,    Thanks

[Patrick Chevalley]

Hi,

Yes this is still valid, the last PHD2 version 2.6.11dev4 is available for all the currently supported version of Ubuntu.

Patrick

[bbillp]

thank you very much, it loaded successfully to a Raspberry Pi-4 running Ubuntu 64 bit 22.04 :o)) so I will hook up the ZWO hardware tonight to test.    
Best Regards from Bill Prats Huntington Beach California USA..  

Sent from my iPad

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Hi,

Yes this is still valid, the last PHD2 version 2.6.11dev4 is available for all the currently supported version of Ubuntu.

Patrick

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[CHI LAM FUNG]

Hiya Patrick

I am a freshman in astrophotography and my system is :

Rpi4B with ubuntu server 22.04 with XRDP connected to equipments

- installed indi

- remotely controlled by a window11 laptop

- ZWO ASI 120mm mini (mono) for guiding scope

I would like to try to use PHD2 in my system, just wonder the above 3 command can still be used now ?

Thanks a lot.

Cheers

Chi

[Patrick Chevalley]

Yes, this command still work the same.

Patrick