Installing Nominatim on EndeavourOS Latest

Nominatim is a tool that allows you to extract detailed and location-based information from OpenStreetMap data. Here is a step-by-step guide for installing it on EndeavourOS latest.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure that you have the following:

• A server running EndeavourOS latest.
• Basic knowledge of the command line.
• Root user or a user with sudo access.

Installation

Follow these steps to install Nominatim on EndeavourOS latest:

1. Update your package lists with the command:

sudo pacman -Syu

2. Install the dependencies required for Nominatim:

sudo pacman -S cmake g++ gcc boost python python-pip git libxml2 libxml2-dev libpqxx libpqxx-devel postgresql postgresql-libs postgresql-contrib postgis

3. Create a new user that will run Nominatim by running the following command:

sudo adduser nominatim

4. Clone the Nominatim source code:

sudo su - nominatim
git clone https://github.com/openstreetmap/Nominatim.git
cd Nominatim

5. Build and install Nominatim:

mkdir build && cd build
cmake .. && make
sudo make install

6. Download and import OpenStreetMap data by running the following commands:

wget https://download.geofabrik.de/asia/maldives-latest.osm.pbf
sudo -u postgres /usr/bin/osm2pgsql -d nominatim -s -C 4096 --number-processes 4 -S ~/Nominatim/build/osm2pgsql/default.style ~/maldives-latest.osm.pbf

7. Configure Nominatim by creating a ".env" file in your Nominatim directory:

cd ~/Nominatim
nano .env

Add the following lines:

NOMINATIM_VERSION=3.7.2
POSTGRES_USER=nominatim
POSTGRES_PASSWORD=<insert_your_PG_password>
POSTGRES_DB=nominatim

Save and exit the file.

8. Build indexes and import additional data:

sudo su - postgres
psql nominatim
\q

~/Nominatim/utils/setup.php --setup-database
~/Nominatim/utils/setup.php --import-db

9. Start Nominatim:

sudo systemctl start nominatim.service

Conclusion

Nominatim should now be installed and running on your EndeavourOS latest server. You can access it by visiting http://<your-server>/nominatim/.

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