Celestia used to be included under Education in Muon Discover; however, it is not included in 16.04. So I downloaded the tar.gz file from the Celestia website and am trying to install it. The instructions in the Readme text file seem simple enough--I have to change the directory to the Celestia folder then the file with the same name, then type "./configure --with-kde" and wait for it to do its thing. However, I get an error message saying that I need QT 3.3 or higher (but less than 4.0). I checked Synaptic and there are a lot of files associated with QT but I have no idea which ones to install. The website for Qt 3.3.8 offers another tar.gz file which I don't feel confident in installing. I am a simple user who will try anything with good instructions but with tar.gz files I'm a little lost. I did manage to get the elusive gl.h file demanded by Celestia, but now I'm stuck with installing Qt. The program is a nice one for astronomy buffs like myself, but if it's too complicated to install I may have to do it on Windows 10, which I almost never use. Any suggestions?
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