Open Source Routing Machine (OSRM) is a high-performance routing engine for calculating shortest paths in road networks. It is used by many apps and services that need to provide directions to their users. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install OSRM on Arch Linux.
Before we begin, make sure that you have the following:
The first step is to install the dependencies required by OSRM. This can be done using the pacman package manager:
sudo pacman -S gcc cmake boost git libxml2 libzip libbz2 libstxxl
Next, clone the OSRM repository from GitHub using the following command:
git clone https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend.git
Navigate to the OSRM directory that was just cloned and build the source code using the following commands:
cd osrm-backend
mkdir -p build
cd build
cmake ..
cmake --build .
After the build process is complete, install the OSRM binaries and libraries using the following command:
sudo cmake --install .
To verify that OSRM has been installed correctly, you can run the following command:
osrm-extract --help
This command should display the help text for the OSRM Extract tool.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed OSRM on your Arch Linux system. Now you can use this powerful routing engine to provide directions to your users. For more information on how to use OSRM, refer to the official documentation at http://project-osrm.org/.
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