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title: Install kstars on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of kstars for Linux - KStars is a desktop planetarium
  for amateur and professional astronomers.
url: https://snapcraft.io/kstars
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# kstars

[KDE](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/kde "View all snaps from KDE")

* [KDE](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/kde "View all snaps from KDE")
* [Science](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=science)

latest/stable 3.7.6

Install latest/stable of kstars

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install kstars
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* kstars

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### License

* GPL-2.0+

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### Last updated

* 7 April 2025 - latest/stable

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### Websites

* [kstars.kde.org](https://kstars.kde.org "https://kstars.kde.org")

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### Contact

* [bugs.kde.org](https://bugs.kde.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=kstars "https://bugs.kde.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=kstars")

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### Source code

* [invent.kde.org](https://invent.kde.org/education/kstars "https://invent.kde.org/education/kstars")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/kstars#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/kstars#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/kstars#tab-security)

#### KStars is a desktop planetarium for amateur and professional astronomers.

KStars is free, open source, cross-platform Astronomy Software. It provides an accurate graphical simulation of the night sky, from any location on Earth, at any date and time. The display includes up to 100 million stars, 13,000 deep-sky objects,all 8 planets, the Sun and Moon, and thousands of comets, asteroids, supernovae, and satellites. For students and teachers, it supports adjustable simulation speeds in order to view phenomena that happen over long timescales, the KStars Astrocalculator to predict conjunctions, and many common astronomical calculations. For the amateur astronomer, it provides an observation planner, a sky calendar tool, and an FOV editor to calculate field of view of equipment and display them. Find out interesting objects in the "What's up Tonight" tool, plot altitude vs. time graphs for any object, print high-quality sky charts, and gain access to lots of information and resources to help you explore the universe! Included with KStars is Ekos astrophotography suite, a complete astrophotography solution that can control all INDI devices including numerous telescopes, CCDs, DSLRs, focusers, filters, and a lot more. Ekos supports highly accurate tracking using online and offline astrometry solver, autofocus and autoguiding capabilities, and capture of single or multiple images using the powerful built in sequence manager.

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## Install kstars on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/kstars/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/kstars/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/kstars/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/kstars/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/kstars/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/kstars/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/kstars/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/kstars/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/kstars/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/kstars/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/kstars/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/kstars/ubuntu)

[### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/kstars/raspbian)

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