6 *Note:* these installation instructions are also available in executable
7 form for use with vagrant under vagrant/install-on-ubuntu-16.sh.
9 Installing the Required Software
10 ================================
12 These instructions expect that you have a freshly installed Ubuntu 16.04.
14 Make sure all packages are are up-to-date by running:
17 sudo apt-get update -qq
18 sudo apt-get upgrade -y
20 Now you can install all packages needed for Nominatim:
22 sudo apt-get install -y build-essential cmake g++ libboost-dev libboost-system-dev \
23 libboost-filesystem-dev libexpat1-dev zlib1g-dev libxml2-dev\
24 libbz2-dev libpq-dev libgeos-dev libgeos++-dev libproj-dev \
25 postgresql-server-dev-9.5 postgresql-9.5-postgis-2.2 postgresql-contrib-9.5 \
26 apache2 php php-pgsql libapache2-mod-php php-pear php-db \
29 If you want to run the test suite, you need to install the following
32 sudo apt-get install -y python-dev python-pip python-levenshtein python-shapely \
33 python-psycopg2 tidy python-nose python-tidylib \
36 pip install --user lettuce==0.2.18 six==1.7 haversine
42 The following steps are meant to configure a fresh Ubuntu installation
43 for use with Nominatim. You may skip some of the steps if you have your
44 OS already configured.
46 Creating Dedicated User Accounts
47 --------------------------------
49 Nominatim will run as a global service on your machine. It is therefore
50 best to install it under its own separate user account. In the following
51 we assume this user is called nominatim and the installation will be in
52 /srv/nominatim. To create the user and directory run:
54 sudo useradd -d /srv/nominatim -s /bin/bash -m nominatim
56 You may find a more suitable location if you wish.
58 To be able to copy and paste instructions from this manual, export
59 user name and home directory now like this:
61 export USERNAME=nominatim
62 export USERHOME=/srv/nominatim
64 **Never, ever run the installation as a root user.** You have been warned.
66 Make sure that system servers can read from the home directory:
73 Tune the postgresql configuration, which is located in
74 `/etc/postgresql/9.5/main/postgresql.conf`. See section *Postgres Tuning* in
75 [the installation page](Installation.md) for the parameters to change.
77 Restart the postgresql service after updating this config file.
79 sudo systemctl restart postgresql
82 Finally, we need to add two postgres users: one for the user that does
83 the import and another for the webserver which should access the database
87 sudo -u postgres createuser -s $USERNAME
88 sudo -u postgres createuser www-data
91 Setting up the Apache Webserver
92 -------------------------------
94 You need to create an alias to the website directory in your apache
95 configuration. Add a separate nominatim configuration to your webserver:
98 sudo tee /etc/apache2/conf-available/nominatim.conf << EOFAPACHECONF
99 <Directory "$USERHOME/Nominatim/build/website">
100 Options FollowSymLinks MultiViews
101 AddType text/html .php
105 Alias /nominatim $USERHOME/Nominatim/build/website
112 Then enable the configuration and restart apache
115 sudo a2enconf nominatim
116 sudo systemctl restart apache2
122 Building and Configuration
123 --------------------------
125 Get the source code from Github and change into the source directory
130 git clone --recursive git://github.com/openstreetmap/Nominatim.git
137 The code must be built in a separate directory. Create this directory,
138 then configure and build Nominatim in there:
142 cmake $USERHOME/Nominatim
145 You need to create a minimal configuration file that tells nominatim
146 where it is located on the webserver:
149 tee settings/local.php << EOF
151 @define('CONST_Website_BaseURL', '/nominatim/');
156 Nominatim is now ready to use. Continue with
157 [importing a database from OSM data](Import_and_update.md).