Unable to download the Tycho 2 Star Catalog

[Bruce Fowler]

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On January 4, 2025 8:03:22 AM UTC, Ben Cooksley <bcooksley at kde.org> wrote:
>HI Jasem,
>
>To start, given this is a MacOS specific issue, i'd like to ask if any
>debug logs from the client side are available?
>
>It would be helpful to know what exactly KStars is seeing that makes it
>fail, as a file not found error could be as simple as KArchive being unable
>to unpack an archive due to a helper not being available on MacOS, or it
>could be the HTTPS libraries being particularly sensitive/delicate on
>MacOS...
>
>Cheers,
>Ben
>
>On Sat, Jan 4, 2025 at 8:34 PM Jasem Mutlaq <mutlaqja at ikarustech.com> wrote:
>
>> We have received numerous reports from users that on KStars for MacOS
>> specifically, they cannot download packages from Get Hot New Stuff.
>>
>> I can confirm the issue from the MacOS side, but I'm not sure why this
>> would only occur on MacOS? Any help tracking down the issue would be
>> greatly appreciated.
>>
>> --
>> Best Regards,
>> Jasem Mutlaq
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>> From: Steven Hutchings <kent_aerials at me.com>
>> Date: Wed, Jan 1, 2025 at 9:44 PM
>> Subject: Unable to download the Tycho 2 Star Catalog
>> To: <kstars-devel at kde.org>
>>
>>
>> Good morning I have downloaded the latest version of K-stars V3.7.3 Stable
>> for the Mac OS, and I have been trying to setting it up, and have been
>> downloading the star catalogs however I can not download the Tycho 2 Star
>> Catalog amongst others.
>>
>> It says:-  could not install “Tyco-2 Star Catalog”: file not found.
>>
>>
>> I get the same issue with the:-
>>
>> * Tycho-2 Star Catalog
>>
>> *  Inline thumbnail images
>>
>> * NGC images displayed in the details
>>
>> * IC Images displayed in the detail
>>
>> * Common images displayed in the detail
>>
>>
>> Can you help with this please.
>>
>>
>> Steven Hutchings
>> 15 Godwyn Road
>> Deal
>> Kent
>> CT14 6QW
>>
>> 07811219094
>>
>>

Bruce W. Fowler
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