Installing Open Source Routing Machine (OSRM) on EndeavourOS

Open Source Routing Machine (OSRM) is an open-source routing engine designed for use with geographic data. In this tutorial, we will cover the steps required to install OSRM on EndeavourOS.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with the installation, you must have the following:

  • EndeavourOS installed
  • Internet connectivity

Steps to Install OSRM on EndeavourOS

  1. Open a terminal window by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T or searching for “Terminal” in the applications menu.

  2. Install the latest version of OSRM by running the following command:

    sudo pacman -S osrm

    This command will install the necessary packages to run OSRM on your system.

  3. Download the geographical data for the region you want to use for routing. You can download data for different regions from Geofabrik.

    For example, to download the data for the United States, you would run the following command:

    wget http://download.geofabrik.de/north-america/us-latest.osm.pbf

    This command will download the data file in PBF format to your current directory.

  4. Extract the downloaded data file to a directory of your choice. For example, to extract the data file to a directory called osm-data, you would run the following command:

    osrm-extract -p /usr/share/osrm/profiles/car.lua us-latest.osm.pbf -o osm-data/map.osrm

    This command will create an OSRM data file called map.osrm in the osm-data directory.

  5. Generate the routing information from the data file you just extracted. To do this, run the following command:

    osrm-contract osm-data/map.osrm -o osm-data/map.osrm.coded

    This command will generate the routing information and save it to a new file called map.osrm.coded.

  6. Start the OSRM server by running the following command:

    osrm-routed osm-data/map.osrm.coded

    This command will start the OSRM server and make it available for use.

You have now successfully installed OSRM on EndeavourOS, and you can start using it for routing. To query the OSRM server, you can use the following URL:

http://localhost:5000/route/v1/driving/<start_lng>,<start_lat>;<end_lng>,<end_lat>?steps=true

Replace <start_lng>,<start_lat> with the longitude and latitude of your starting location, and <end_lng>,<end_lat> with the longitude and latitude of your destination.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install Open Source Routing Machine (OSRM) on EndeavourOS. Now that you have installed OSRM, you can start using it for routing or exploring its other capabilities.