The default download directory for star catalog

[sunshuwei]

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In Windows, perhaps it should be changed to the software installation directory, that is, X:\Program Files\Stellarium\stars\hip_gaia3, or allow custom star catalog download directory.

I guess if a user does not install Stellarium software on the C drive, then they should not want to put the star catalog data on the C drive, because their C drive has limited capacity, and about 5GB of star catalog data will cause the C drive to be tight.

X:\Users\XXX\AppData\Roaming\Stellarium\stars\hip_gaia3, this directory is usually located on the C drive.

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[alex-w]

The solution is described in User Guide :)

[10110111]

In Windows, perhaps it should be changed to the software installation directory

It can't be done by default, because normally on Windows this directory is write-protected for normal users, and is only accessible to Admin. One generally shouldn't run their applications as Admin.

X:\Users\XXX\AppData\Roaming\Stellarium\stars\hip_gaia3, this directory is usually located on the C drive.

Really? Your path listed implies it should be on X:, unless there's a junction point somewhere among these directory entries. Besides, if it's really on C:, and this drive has a limited capacity, you should move AppData\Roaming (using RMB→Properties→Location, or indeed creating a symbolic link, as discussed here).

[gzotti]

Our supported solution is to define environment variable STEL_USERDIR and have your Stellarium user data directory there.