-Viking is a free/open source program to manage GPS data. You can import, plot and create tracks and waypoints, show OSM, Terraserver and other maps, see real-time GPS position, get geocaches, control items, etc. It is written in C & the GTK+2 toolkit.
+Viking is a free/open source program to manage GPS data. You can
+import, plot and create tracks, routes and waypoints, show OSM
+and other maps, generate maps (using Mapnik),
+see real-time GPS position, Geotag Images,
+control items, upload/download OSM Traces and more.
+It is written mainly in C with some C++ and uses the GTK+2 toolkit.
Website: http://viking.sf.net/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/viking/files
You can also retrieve the latest development version on the official
-Git repo:
- $ git clone git://viking.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/viking/viking
+Git repository:
+ $ git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/viking/code viking
Installing Viking
=================
-If you downloaded viking from Git, you have to:
- $ autogen.sh
+On debian Sid, following packages must be installed before building:
+ # sudo apt install gtk-doc-tools gnome-doc-utils libpng-dev libgtk-3-dev libgexiv2-dev libgps-dev libbz2-dev libmagic-dev
+nettle-dev libzip-dev libicu-dev
+
+If you downloaded Viking from Git, you have to:
+ $ ./autogen.sh
Next, or if you downloaded a tarball, you have to:
$ ./configure
$ make
-Check output of "./configure --help" for configuration options.
-In particular, it is possible to disable some features, like --disable-google in order to disable any Google stuff.
+Check output of "./configure --help" for configuration options. In
+particular, it is possible to disable some features, like
+--disable-google in order to disable any Google stuff.
-If you whish to install viking, you have to (as root):
+If you wish to install Viking, you have to (as root):
# make install
-For detailled explaination on install, see INSTALL file.
+For detailed explanation on the install on Unix like systems,
+see the INSTALL file.
Examples
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