05-20-2024, 08:13 PM
I was able to install the OpenCPN application and the SAR (Search and Rescue) plugin on my test machine. I am running Linux Mint 21 (MATE), so it should be possible on yours since Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu. What is your version? Did you add the PPA repository?
I followed the instructions to add the Ubuntu PPA from a terminal (command line) window:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:opencpn/opencpn
sudo apt update
and then:
sudo apt install opencpn
and it installed the latest version (5.8.4) along with several other libraries (12 packages in all). It should also show up in the Software or Package Manager (I use Synaptic).
Once in the program I went to settings (Options), selected Plugins and then Update Plugin Catalog: master, after which the SAR plugin was listed. I selected it and then clicked on Install after which it said sar v4.0.0 successfullly installed. I had to close and restart the program and then the SAR plugin showed up in the toolbar.
Maybe you need to do an update but everything worked for me. Let us know if you need more assistance or feel free to bring it to the next meeting. Good luck!
-Steve
I followed the instructions to add the Ubuntu PPA from a terminal (command line) window:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:opencpn/opencpn
sudo apt update
and then:
sudo apt install opencpn
and it installed the latest version (5.8.4) along with several other libraries (12 packages in all). It should also show up in the Software or Package Manager (I use Synaptic).
Once in the program I went to settings (Options), selected Plugins and then Update Plugin Catalog: master, after which the SAR plugin was listed. I selected it and then clicked on Install after which it said sar v4.0.0 successfullly installed. I had to close and restart the program and then the SAR plugin showed up in the toolbar.
Maybe you need to do an update but everything worked for me. Let us know if you need more assistance or feel free to bring it to the next meeting. Good luck!
-Steve