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(Additional step required for USB GPS's)Īfter connecting the GPS, run "dmesg" in TERMINAL to find out. OziExplorer by default looks for COM connections, even though its a USB connection, but can't see them due to the Linux OS. Apparently, serial communication works fine, but I can't guarantee it because my GPS connects through USB. Run the OziExplorer setup/install file by right clicking it and choosing "install with WINE" (or something like!) (WINE is an app for running native Windows programs, GPSD is a set of files to read GPS in/out info natively in Linux. Go to "Synaptec Package Manager" in the Administration section of Ubuntu, do a search for and install "WINE", then do the same for "GPSD" After initial installation of Ubuntu, make sure to use the update function to get all the new "packages" for Ubuntu. Steps 1-4 can be made much easier by this process. If you use another distribution without "sudo" run the command as "root") (if you have any trouble here with permissions, try running wine with "sudo". The setup will install OziExplorer under ~/.wine/drive_c/OziExplorer/ Run the OziExplorer installation file with wine. In the terminal, change to the "~/.wine" directory, where oziexp_setup.exe is.
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**If you're using another linux distribution, download the software from WineHQ - Run Windows applications on Linux, BSD, Solaris and Mac OS X and follow the instructions) Inside it, will be a "drive_c" that simulates the windows environment. When you first run wine, it will create a. I succeeded in making OziExplorer work, apparently with all features.Īfter (obviously!) installation of Ubuntu:įirst, in Synaptic, add the following repository Okay, here goes! This looks far more long winded than it actually is.Ī lot of this stuff has been copied from the OziEzplorer support site, and is a modified combined solution between the two options on that page, but combined to suit the current version of Ubuntu and my particular setup:īecause I'm using a Dell Mini 9, I decided to go with the "Netbook Remix" version of Ubuntu 9.04