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Port details on branch 2026Q1
py-ephem Compute positions of the planets and stars
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Maintainer: rhurlin@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2026-03-01 20:30:08
Last Update: 2026-03-01 20:29:35
Commit Hash: 5bb5330
Also Listed In: math python
License: MIT
WWW:
https://pypi.org/project/ephem/
Description:
PyEphem provides an ephem Python package for performing high-precision astronomy computations. The underlying numeric routines are coded in C and are the same ones that drive the popular XEphem astronomy application, whose author, Elwood Charles Downey, generously gave permission for their use in PyEphem. The name ephem is short for the word ephemeris, which is the traditional term for a table giving the position of a planet, asteroid, or comet for a series of dates. See also: https://rhodesmill.org/pyephem/
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Dependency lines:
  • ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}ephem>0:astro/py-ephem@${PY_FLAVOR}
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/astro/py-ephem/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install astro/py-ephem
  • pkg install py311-ephem
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
NOTE: This is a Python port. Instead of py311-ephem listed in the above command, you can pick from the names under the Packages section.
PKGNAME: py311-ephem
Package flavors (<flavor>: <package>)
  • py311: py311-ephem
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1772393098 SHA256 (ephem-4.2.1.tar.gz) = 920cb30369c79fde1088c2060d555ea5f8a50fdc80a9265832fd5bf195cf147f SIZE (ephem-4.2.1.tar.gz) = 1261529

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Build dependencies:
  1. py311-setuptools>=63.1.0 : devel/py-setuptools@py311
  2. python3.11 : lang/python311
Test dependencies:
  1. python3.11 : lang/python311
Runtime dependencies:
  1. python3.11 : lang/python311
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astro_py-ephem
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4.2.1
01 Mar 2026 20:29:35
commit hash: 5bb5330fd53884901e1f4fd7fee50d1225062ae5commit hash: 5bb5330fd53884901e1f4fd7fee50d1225062ae5commit hash: 5bb5330fd53884901e1f4fd7fee50d1225062ae5commit hash: 5bb5330fd53884901e1f4fd7fee50d1225062ae5 files touched by this commit
Rainer Hurling (rhurlin) search for other commits by this committer
astro/py-ephem: Update to 4.2.1

- First release that offers wheels for Python 3.14
- Star database now makes the star Albereo available under its more
  official spelling Albireo
- Classes like Sun and Mercury are now defined using plain literal
  class statements, instead of being built dynamically in a for loop.
  This should make the classes visible to tools like editors,
  debuggers, and type checkers.

Strip had to be changed from PYTHON_TAG to PYTHON_SUFFIX in order to
also support threaded Python versions (3.13t).

Changelog:	https://github.com/brandon-rhodes/pyephem/blob/master/ephem/doc/CHANGELOG.rst#version-421-2026-february-28

Reported by:	Repology
MFH:		2026Q1

(cherry picked from commit 2a067443f6f147114723e89cc9ce1f30e5bf5974)

Number of commits found: 1