As of April 2019, the script doc/install_astrometry_on_linux.sh will install all dependencies along with astrometry.net on Linux, and download 4200/ index files.
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Mac OS X using homebrew:
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First set up homebrew, as described at `Homebrew https://brew.sh/`_.
The "formula" for installing Astrometry.net is called `astrometry-net` and is included in the "core" package
repository, so you just need to
$ brew install astrometry-net
Mac OS X using homebrew (ancient instructions):
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These instructions *Worked For Me* as of September 2012 on OSX 10.8.