Yes, this is possible. Install the astrometry.net package (small) to your system disk. For the big index files you can edit /etc/astrometry.cfg to point to a directory containing the index files.
Relevant content of the config file:
# In which directories should we search for indices?
add_path /usr/share/astrometry
Just replace /usr/share/astrometry with the path containing the index files.
Christian
Last edit: 9 years 9 months ago by Christian. Reason: Typo
I followed your recommendations. I moved the index files on the external hard drive and changed the path in the configuration file:
add_path /media/bilbo/FREECOM%20HDD/astrometry
I also downloaded the index-4200-xx.fits files. So I have now all index files from 4200 to 4219 in the same folder.
But when Ekos starts, this message appears:
Les fichiers index index-4200 à index-4204 sont absents. « Astrometry.net » ne pourra résoudre les images en l'absence des fichiers index manquants. Télécharger les fichiers index depuis http://www.astrometry.net
Index files index-4200 to index-4204 are absent. "Astrometry.net" may not resolve images in the absence of the missing index files. Download index files from www.astrometry.net
Is it because I directly downloaded the fits files for 4200 to 4204 indexes? (packets .deb for others)
What 's wrong ?
That's what I thought, so I added %20 to fill the space. Finally, rather than modifying the path I just rename the hard drive with gparted. It works now!