How To Install openorienteering-mapper on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install openorienteering-mapper on Kali Linux. openorienteering-mapper is Orienteering map drawing application

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install openorienteering-mapper on Kali Linux.

What is openorienteering-mapper

openorienteering-mapper is:

OpenOrienteering Mapper is an application to draw maps for forest, sprint, MTB and radio orienteering races. It comes with predefined symbol sets implementing the IOF standards ISOM (1:15000, 1:10000) and ISSOM (1:5000, 1:4000). It is easy to implement additional symbol sets.

It provides a Free alternative to existing proprietary map drawing applications and supports multiple platforms. It is available for Android, Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

While it is under continuous development and considered in beta state, it has been used to produce maps for orienteering races. All required functions for drawing maps are implemented and the program works very stable. So it can be considered ready for productive use, although it is like always a good idea to keep backups of your files.

There are three methods to install openorienteering-mapper on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install openorienteering-mapper Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install openorienteering-mapper using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install openorienteering-mapper

Install openorienteering-mapper Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install openorienteering-mapper using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install openorienteering-mapper

Install openorienteering-mapper Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install openorienteering-mapper using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install openorienteering-mapper

How To Uninstall openorienteering-mapper on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the openorienteering-mapper package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove openorienteering-mapper

Uninstall openorienteering-mapper And Its Dependencies

To uninstall openorienteering-mapper and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove openorienteering-mapper

Remove openorienteering-mapper Configurations and Data

To remove openorienteering-mapper configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge openorienteering-mapper

Remove openorienteering-mapper configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove openorienteering-mapper configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openorienteering-mapper

Dependencies

openorienteering-mapper have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install openorienteering-mapper package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.