How to Install Nominatim on OpenSUSE Latest

In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Nominatim, a powerful tool for searching OpenStreetMap data, on OpenSUSE.

Step 1: Update the System

Before installing any package, it is a good practice to update the system repositories and packages to the latest version. To do that, open a terminal and run:

sudo zypper update

Step 2: Install Required Packages

To run Nominatim, we need several packages installed on the system. In addition, we will install some required libraries for building the code from the repository. Run the following command in the terminal to install the required packages:

sudo zypper install gcc-c++ cmake make automake libtool \
apache2 apache2-devel libcurl4 libxml2-devel \
libgeos-devel libgeos-c-devel libpqxx-devel \
libproj-devel gdal-devel postgresql-server-devel \
postgresql-contrib postgresql \
postgresql-server postgis postgresql-libs \
sudo bzip2 wget

Step 3: Download and Build Nominatim

Now, we will download the Nominatim source code from the GitHub repository and build it. Open a terminal and run the following commands:

sudo su - nominatim
cd ~
wget https://github.com/openstreetmap/Nominatim/archive/v3.7.2.tar.gz
tar xfz v3.7.2.tar.gz
cd Nominatim-3.7.2
./autogen.sh
./configure
make

Step 4: Install Nominatim

Now, we will install Nominatim on the system. Run the following commands to install it:

sudo make install
sudo make install-data
sudo make install-doc
sudo make install-nominatim-module
sudo make install-systemd

Step 5: Configure Nominatim

Now, we will configure Nominatim to work with our OpenStreetMap data. Run the following commands to do that:

sudo -u postgres createuser nominatim
sudo -u postgres createdb nominatim
sudo -u postgres psql nominatim
nominatim=# \q
sudo -u nominatim ./utils/setup.php --osm-file <path-to-your-OSM-data-file> --all --osm2pgsql-cache 1024 2>&1 | tee setup.log

Replace <path-to-your-OSM-data-file> with the path to your OpenStreetMap data file.

Step 6: Start Nominatim

Finally, we will start Nominatim on the system. Run the following commands to do that:

sudo systemctl enable nominatim
sudo systemctl start nominatim

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have learned how to install and configure Nominatim, a powerful tool for searching OpenStreetMap data, on OpenSUSE. Now, you can use Nominatim to search and geocode OpenStreetMap data on your OpenSUSE system.