Debian package are available to allow automatic installation using apt-get
First become root and edit the file /etc/apt/sources.list to add the following line:
deb http://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/ skychart/
You can replace the host part by your favorit Sourceforge mirror i.e. switch.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/ but do not miss the terminal /.
Then refresh your package list, from a command line type :
apt-get update
The pre-requisite software are normally automatically installed. If not, check you have the packages libgtk2.0-0, libglib2.0-0, libpango1.0-0, libjpeg62, libpng12-0, libsqlite3-0
Also install Xplanet if you want to show the planets pictures
apt-get install xplanet
and install the software :
apt-get install skychart
and if you have plenty of space:
apt-get install skychart-pictures
That’s all, exit root shell and type skychart to run the program.