OpenCPN works on Raspberry Pi 2 and 3 (recommended) models. You can install OpenCPN adding an Ubuntu PPA (Personal Packages Archives) to your system's Software Sources. We will see how to do this but first of all you need to have a running system.
Raspbian is the official Operating System for Raspberry Pi. You have two options to install Raspbian on an SD card: with NOOBS (New Out Of Box Software) or installing an SD image directly. We recommend NOOBS.
Follow this easy guide for both options: https://www.raspberrypi.org/learning/software-guide/quickstart/
Once you have Raspbian running on Raspberry Pi, go to Menu → Accessories → Terminal, and type:
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
A text editor will open. Move the cursor to the end and add this line:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/opencpn/opencpn/ubuntu/ xenial main
Or, if your Raspbian is older than Scratch:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/opencpn/opencpn/ubuntu/ trusty main
Save the file pressing Ctrl+X, say Yes and press enter. Now type:
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys C865EB40
and press enter. Now be sure you have Internet connection and type:
sudo apt-get update
The Software sources will be updated and finally you will have to type:
sudo apt-get install opencpn
and you are done!
To install OpenCPN and all the available plugins for Linux, type:
sudo apt-get install opencpn*
If you get an error doing this, you will have to install the plugins one by one typing:
sudo apt-get install opencpn-plugin-watchdog sudo apt-get install opencpn-plugin-statusbar …
If a new version of OpenCPN is released, just type:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install opencpn
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