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| package | Create a binary packages for distributions on linux/UNIX
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| installer | Create a binary packages for distributions on Windows
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### GUI-less Stellarium
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If you run Stellarium in an environment that should never show a GUI dialog or information text output panel to an auditorium, you can build a version without interface.
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This is not intended to be controlled directly then, but by means of the RemoteControl Web interface, or just by scripting.
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Note that even information text output requires the User Interface, but the information about the selected object will be displayed in the web interface.
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To build this lightweight version that also lacks a few GUI-heavy plugins, call any cmake run with the argument `STELLARIUM_GUI_MODE="None"`.
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This is also starting point for experimenting with alternative GUI solutions.
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Thanks!
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\- *The Stellarium development team*

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