Installing Open Source Routing Machine (OSRM) on Clear Linux Latest

This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Open Source Routing Machine (OSRM) on Clear Linux Latest. OSRM is a routing engine designed to provide fast and accurate routing information for geographic data.

Prerequisites

Before installing OSRM, you need to ensure that you have the following prerequisites:

Installation Procedure

  1. First, you need to download the latest version of OSRM from the official website using Git. Open up a terminal and type the following command to download the OSRM from the Git repository.

    git clone https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend.git
    
  2. Once the download is complete, navigate to the downloaded directory using the following command.

    cd osrm-backend
    
  3. Next, create a new build directory and navigate to it.

    mkdir build
    cd build
    
  4. Run the following CMake command to generate the OSRM makefile.

    cmake ..
    
  5. Run the following make command to build the OSRM executable.

    make
    
  6. If the build process was successful, you should see a new OSRM executable generated in the build folder. You can test the installation by running the following command in the terminal.

    ./osrm-extract -h
    
  7. If the installation was successful, you will see help information printed on the terminal.

Conclusion

You have successfully installed OSRM on Clear Linux Latest using the command-line interface. You can now use OSRM to process geographic data and provide accurate routing information.

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