Thread: Navit GPS (and libgarmin) for os2008
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2009-01-27 , 17:52
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Originally Posted by deft View Post
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... I copied that .bin file to my N800, I used xterm to locate Navit's .bin file and .xml of the Munich map -- but the dir is owned by root and I haven't found a way to get root access yet - so I can't write any files there.

Do I need to reinstall OS2008 with the R&D package (is it required to get root?) just to load new maps? Is there another way I'm not seeing?
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you don't need to be root to use navit, you can just put the map where you have write access, then copy the /usr/share/navit/navit.xml to /home/user/.navit/navit.xml and edit it to point to your map.