How To Install openorienteering-mapper on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openorienteering-mapper on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. 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 first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openorienteering-mapper package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
