How to Install Open Source Routing Machine (OSRM) on Elementary OS Latest

Open Source Routing Machine (OSRM) is an open-source routing engine that provides fast and accurate routing instructions for a variety of applications. If you're a developer or a GIS analyst looking to use OSRM, this tutorial will guide you through the installation process on Elementary OS.

Prerequisites

Before we start, here are the prerequisites:

  • Elementary OS latest
  • Terminal window

Step 1: Install dependencies

Before we can proceed to installing OSRM, there are a few dependencies that need to be installed. Open the terminal window and run the following command:

sudo apt-get install build-essential git cmake pkg-config \
      libbz2-dev libxml2-dev libzip-dev libboost-all-dev \
      lua5.3 liblua5.3-dev libtbb-dev libstxxl-dev libprotobuf-dev protobuf-compiler

This will install all the required dependencies for building OSRM.

Step 2: Clone the OSRM repository

Next, we need to clone the OSRM repository. To do this, navigate to the directory where you want the repository to be cloned to, and run the following command:

git clone https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend.git

This will clone the repository to the specified directory.

Step 3: Build OSRM

Now that we have the repository cloned, we need to build OSRM. Navigate to the cloned directory and run the following commands:

mkdir -p build
cd build
cmake ..
cmake --build .

This will create a build directory, configure OSRM with cmake, and build OSRM.

Step 4: Install OSRM

Once the build process is complete, we can install OSRM. Run the following command in the build directory:

sudo make install

This will install OSRM on your system.

Step 5: Verify installation

Finally, we can verify that OSRM is installed correctly by running the following command:

osrm-extract --version

This should output the OSRM version number.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed OSRM on Elementary OS. With OSRM installed, you can now use it in your applications to provide fast and accurate routing instructions.