[linux installation] autopackage.org is dead, please provide alternate installation method(s).

[furquan-lp]

Running the .package file I get the following messages:

$ ./celestia-1.5.1.x86.package 

The installation of this software requires some additional support
code to be installed.

A] If the support code is found in a local directory, it will be used.
   The file containing the support code will be called:

      "autopackage.tar.bz2"

 or

B] If there is an active Internet connection, the support code will be
   downloaded from:

      "http://autopackage.org/downloads/latest/autopackage.tar.bz2"

   Proxy users should ensure the http_proxy environment variable is
   set, otherwise the download may fail.


Selection B --> OK to download and install support code now? (Y/n): y

Attempting download of http://autopackage.org/downloads/latest/x86_64/autopackage.tar.bz2 ... 

--2018-02-08 20:55:49--  http://autopackage.org/downloads/latest/x86_64/autopackage.tar.bz2
Resolving autopackage.org (autopackage.org)... 162.243.21.36
Connecting to autopackage.org (autopackage.org)|162.243.21.36|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently
Location: https://www.coper.work/koujo/article [following]
--2018-02-08 20:55:50--  https://www.coper.work/koujo/article
Resolving www.coper.work (www.coper.work)... 52.193.113.43, 54.249.59.53
Connecting to www.coper.work (www.coper.work)|52.193.113.43|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [text/html]
Saving to: ‘autopackage.tar.bz2’

autopackage.tar.bz2     [  <=>               ]  62.95K   256KB/s    in 0.2s    

2018-02-08 20:55:53 (256 KB/s) - ‘autopackage.tar.bz2’ saved [64462]

Download completed.


bzip2: autopackage.tar.bz2 is not a bzip2 file.
tar: This does not look like a tar archive
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors

The autopackage support code could not be installed.

It can be manually downloaded and installed by running the
installation script located in the downloaded archive.

It seems that the file tries to download http://autopackage.org/downloads/latest/x86_64/autopackage.tar.bz2 which no longer exists and redirects to some other irrelevant website. The installation can't proceed from here; is there any other way to install celestia sans building from the source-code itself?

[375gnu]

Alternatives to evaluate: snap and flatpack.

[sanderbockstaele]

witch distribution do you use? on manjaro you can use the GUI tool.

[anidotnet]

The current auto package installation script does not work on Ubuntu 19.04 64-bit. It fails to run with libpng12 dependency error. I would highly appreciate it if you guys provide snap or flatpack images.

[375gnu]

On 7/16/19, Anindya Chatterjee ***@***.***> wrote: The current auto package installation script does not work on Ubuntu 19.04 64-bit. It fails to run with libpng12 dependency error. I would highly appreciate it if you guys provide snap or flatpack images.

We don't use neither of that package formats. Please volunteer.

[375gnu]

Please join AppImage testing, see #333 for more info.

[t4saha]

https://snapcraft.io/install/celestia-daily/ubuntu

[375gnu]

Thank you @t4saha !