OpenCPN on Udoo Quad

With the recent update of Udubuntu to 1.1 and OpenCPN to 4.0 it is now relatively easy to install OpenCPN. It is no longer necessary to get libraries and compile from source code. OpenCPN now has a repository so all that's needed is to add it and apt-get opencpn.

Here is a script that can be executed on a fresh copy of udubuntu that gets opencpn running. I have not explored using all the features to be sure everything works, just ran it enough to verify it could run. The first few lines are mentioned in the user documentation to make sure things like GPS etc. will work.

Code:

sudo usermod -a -G dialout $USER
sudo apt-get install xcalib
#sudo apt-get install xdg-utils
# xdg-utils already included in UdooBuntu v1.1

sudo apt-get update #&& sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:opencpn/opencpn
sudo apt-get update #needed to re-synch, else won't find opencpn
sudo apt-get install opencpn

If you want to put a shortcut on the desktop set it up to execute "opencpn" (i.e. no caps)
The icon for it can be found here:

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Type=Application
Name=opencpn
Icon=/usr/share/opencpn/doc/images/opencpn_002.png
Exec=opencpn
Comment=

So much easier than having to scrounge for libraries and compile from scratch.

Now if we only had a case suitable for marine environments

Enjoy,
Jim

 

It's very great Capt Jim! I'll give it a try 4 sure. How's your experience, great?

 

I do not get this to work both on UDOObuntu and UDOObuntu 2 RC1.
I succeed in installing OPENcpn, but when I add charts, and update the database, the opencpn crashes and will not run again.

If I enable OpenGL, the program crashes immediately.

Am I doing something wrong?

 

Dear guys,
just to let you know that UDOObuntu 2 RC2 is out, if you wanna try it. Any info is at this address:
http://www.udoo.org/download-udoobuntu-2-rc2/