Installing OpenTripPlanner on Alpine Linux Latest

OpenTripPlanner is a powerful open source multimodal trip planning software, and Alpine Linux is a lightweight Linux distribution. This tutorial will guide you through the installation process of OpenTripPlanner on Alpine Linux Latest.

Requirements

Before starting the installation process, make sure the following requirements are met:

• A running instance of Alpine Linux Latest
• Root access or sudo privileges

Step 1: Install required dependencies

OpenTripPlanner requires the following dependencies to be installed:

• Java Runtime Environment (JRE)
• Curl

To install these dependencies, run the following commands:

sudo apk update
sudo apk add openjdk11 curl

Step 2: Download OpenTripPlanner

Next, we need to download the latest version of OpenTripPlanner from the official website. Run the following command to download the latest stable release:

curl -O https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/opentripplanner/otp/1.5.0/otp-1.5.0-shaded.jar

Step 3: Configure OpenTripPlanner

Create a new directory for OpenTripPlanner and move the downloaded JAR file to this directory:

mkdir /opt/opentripplanner
mv otp-1.5.0-shaded.jar /opt/opentripplanner/
cd /opt/opentripplanner

Create a new configuration file for OpenTripPlanner by running:

java -Xmx2G -jar otp-1.5.0-shaded.jar --build /opt/opentripplanner/data

If the process is successful, a new router-config.json will be created in /opt/opentripplanner/data.

Step 4: Start OpenTripPlanner

To start OpenTripPlanner, navigate to the /opt/opentripplanner directory and run the following command:

java -Xmx2G -jar otp-1.5.0-shaded.jar --server

Once the server is started, you can access OpenTripPlanner by navigating to http://localhost:8080.

Conclusion

Congratulations, you have successfully installed OpenTripPlanner on Alpine Linux Latest. Use the OpenTripPlanner documentation to further configure and utilize this powerful tool.