Installing OpenCPN

For the initial installation an Internet connection is needed. With your Internet browser navigate to HERE and go to the relevant section.

If, during the installation, you are asked to select a directory containing charts skip this step of the process. Charts will be covered HERE.

Windows

Download the .exe file. Open the .exe and follow the instructions.

Mac

Apple

Download the .pkg file. Open the .pkg and follow the instructions in the installer.

Because the program does not come from the app store you may need to give permission to install from an unknown developer.

System Preferences Security & Privacy

Raspberry Pi

You can install OpenCPN by adding a Ubuntu PPA (Personal Packages Archive). See Configuring Ubuntu PPA

The simplest way of installing OpenCPN on the Raspberry Pi is to use OpenPlotter which installs OpenCPN and also some plugins.

Ubuntu

For Ubuntu Linux and it’s derivatives (Linux Mint) and Debian Jessie based distributions, OpenCPN is distributed from a PPA. Configuring Ubuntu PPA explains how this is used.

Flatpak

flatpak

OpenCPN Version 5.6.2 is available as a Flatpak package. This packaging system is supported on all major Linux distributions. Simplified Installation Instructions

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Manual Installation:

Install flatpak on your system as described in flatpak.org/setup
Install OpenCPN Flatpak image using:

$ flatpak install --user  https://flathub.org/repo/appstream/org.opencpn.OpenCPN.flatpakref

Start OpenCPN:

$ flatpak run org.opencpn.OpenCPN

Fedora

OpenCPN is not natively supported on Fedora. Use the Flatpak release instead.

Debian

For Debian derivatives, you can use the same packages as for the equivalent Ubuntu release. For Debian Stable (Buster) you can use the packages from the Ubuntu PPA. The compatible Ubuntu Release is Bionic (Ubuntu 18.04).

Other OS

Refer to the Download page for other Operating Systems.