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Linux backport of Waze (free, community-based traffic & navigation app - http://www.waze.com)

This is initial backport of Waze (http://www.waze.com) to Linux.

To install:

  1. Build as regular user:

    $ make

(Some build dependencies may be needed. For examle for Ubuntu it is:

  • libgps-dev
  • libsqlite3-dev
  • libgtk2.0-dev
  • libagg-dev
  • libfribidi-dev
  • libssl-dev )
  1. Install some resource files in user's home directory:

    make install-user

, default installation directory is ~/.waze .

Note that this step is needed per each user which is supposed to use waze.

  1. Install waze binary shared resources as root:

    make install

, default installation of waze binary is '/usr/local/bin/waze', installation path for resource directory is '/usr/local/share/waze' (both is changeable using PREFIX variable).

To run:

$ waze

Enjoy!