Street maps on Linux - cannot install
I searched for some Linux road map or street map software to install. I do not want to solely rely on Internet maps - Murphy's Law dictates that my connection will be down when I need to get to a new place.
After trying four programs (that's four separate freaking programs), I find I am unable to compile and install a single one. Incredibly frustrating.
Oh, and I tried a fifth, in Kubuntu's universal repository. It installed fine. But I cannot figure out how to run it - the binaries are not in the normal place, the project's web page does not tell me what to run, and a find command found nothing.
The projects:
- GpsDrive
- GoogleEarth (binary installer)
- RoadMap
- Roadnav
- RoutePlanner 0.6 (in Kubuntu's repository)
And runner up for most-nearly-useless project: Gnomad, in development for close to a year at least, with nothing to download. The programmers have pretty screenshots, but no software.
Now, the caveat: I am running Kubuntu 5.10 on AMD64 64-bit machine. I have seen problems with other software, but mostly because they were distributed as binaries and could not be customized to my system. But to have problems with the source for 3 packages, have the Google Earth script fail, and install but not be able to find the routeplanner program just makes me want to cry.
Frustrating.