How To Install viking on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install viking on Ubuntu.

What is `viking`

viking is:

Viking aims to be easy to use, yet powerful in accomplishing a wide variety of GPS related tasks. It uses a hierarchical layering system to organize GPS data, maps, and other layer types with spatial data, such as coordinate lines.

Some of the things you can use Viking for are:

Uploading and downloading waypoints, tracks to/from GPS.
Realtime GPS tracking and track recording.
Import and export of gpx files.
Preparing tracks and waypoints for trips using maps from services such as OpenStreetmap and Terraserver. You only need to upload the data to your GPS before you leave. The maps together with your tracks and waypoints can also be printed and used during the trip.
After trips, tracks and waypoints from GPS can be downloaded, stored, managed and reused in later trips.
Analyzing OHV and hiking trips, understanding where you went and how far you were from something.
Making waypoints and tracks to follow to easily get someplace you’ve never been before or don’t have GPS data for but Terraserver maps exist for it.
Making maps with coordinate lines.
Analyzing speed at different places, adding waypoints where you forgot to mark one but did slow down or stop.

There are three methods to install viking on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install viking Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install viking using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install viking

Install viking Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install viking using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install viking

Install viking Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install viking using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install viking

How To Uninstall viking on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the viking package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove viking

Uninstall viking And Its Dependencies

To uninstall viking and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove viking

Remove viking Configurations and Data

To remove viking configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge viking

Remove viking configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove viking configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge viking

Dependencies

viking have the following dependencies:

References

viking website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install viking package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.