Package Details: gaiasky 3:3.7.2-1

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/gaiasky.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: gaiasky
Description: Open source 3D universe simulator for desktop and VR with support for more than a billion objects
Upstream URL: https://gaiasky.space
Keywords: 3D asteroids astronomy education ESA gaia galaxy interactive moons opengl outreach planets satellites space stars visualization
Licenses: MPL
Submitter: langurmonkey
Maintainer: langurmonkey
Last Packager: langurmonkey
Votes: 10
Popularity: 0.000106
First Submitted: 2016-04-26 12:19 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2026-04-08 13:16 (UTC)

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langurmonkey commented on 2026-02-05 07:42 (UTC)

@cyanescens One more thing. Some Java packages in the AUR for old java version are incorrectly packaged with "provides=('java-runtime')". They should specify the version ("provides=('java-runtime=11')). If you have one of those installed, then I suggest you switch to one of the official provided JRE or JDK (jre-openjdk/jdk-openjdk).

langurmonkey commented on 2026-02-05 07:25 (UTC)

@cyanescens You must be using Java 14 or older, as the ZGC has been in production since version 15. I have updated the dependencies to requrie 'java-runtime>=25', which is needed for this and also the compact object headers, which improve memory usage a ton.

cyanescens commented on 2026-02-04 15:42 (UTC)

I get this error at launch, reinstalling does not help:

Error: VM option 'UseZGC' is experimental and must be enabled via -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions.
Error: The unlock option must precede 'UseZGC'.
Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.
Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.

langurmonkey commented on 2024-05-05 08:07 (UTC)

@Deuchnord indeed, the server is down ATM. The sysadmin was already notified and is working on getting it up again, but I don't know how long it will take.

Deuchnord commented on 2024-05-05 07:57 (UTC)

Heidelberg University's download server seems to be down (ping timeout). Maybe we should download the sources from Codeberg instead: https://codeberg.org/gaiasky/gaiasky

langurmonkey commented on 2023-07-14 06:21 (UTC)

@Mr.Smith1974 I updated the dependency. Will add the new gaiasky-git package to the list of packages in the Gaia Sky website. Thanks!

<deleted-account> commented on 2023-07-13 18:56 (UTC)

Git-version here: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/gaiasky-git

<deleted-account> commented on 2023-07-13 16:43 (UTC)

Please change dependencies from jre-openjdk to java-runtime

<deleted-account> commented on 2023-07-05 14:25 (UTC)

Appimage version here: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/gaiasky-appimage

langurmonkey commented on 2023-06-10 15:15 (UTC)

@Mr.Smith1974 it indeed uses a pre-compiled package, but this is a Java application, so it is not really binary but intermediate java bytecode. If someone creates a build-from-source package for gaiasky, then I am ok with just dropping this verrsion in favour of the new one.

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