Information about the package, celestia, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The celestia package is designed for, OpenGL real-time visual space simulation.
Package Name:
celestia
Summary:
OpenGL real-time visual space simulation
Description:
Celestia is a real-time space simulation which lets you experience the universe in three dimensions. Celestia does not confine you to the surface of the Earth, it allows you to travel throughout the solar system, to any of over 100,000 stars, or even beyond the galaxy. Travel in Celestia is seamless; the exponential zoom feature lets you explore space across a huge range of scales, from galaxy clusters down to spacecraft only a few meters across. A 'point-and-goto' interface makes it simple to navigate through the universe to the object you want to visit.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.5.1
Release:
2.el6
Size:
24 M
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the celestia package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install celestia
This command will install celestia on the server.
yum remove celestia
This command will un-install celestia on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove celestia, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove celestia
This command will un-install celestia on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove celestia when using the -y flag.
yum update celestia
This command will update celestia to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove celestia, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update celestia
This command will update celestia to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove celestia when using the -y flag.
yum info celestia
This command will show you core information about the celestia package.
yum deplist celestia
This command will show you the dependencies for celestia. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update celestia
This command will check if there is an update waiting on celestia. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.