Wikipedia:Graphic Lab/Resources/Wikimaps atlas/Lesson a1

Ubuntu/Linux

 * The project is prototyped with and currently requires Linux/Ubuntu

Installing MAKE
MAKE is an utility helping to serialized shell commands while stating the pre-required elements for each of these commands. As such, running a well conceived  allow to reproduce a complexe tree-like network of commands, in the right order, despite several starting points and bricks required for a final output or group of outputs. To install MAKE:

Therefore, Wikiatlas modules use a makefiles to gather all commands to perform on the relevant GIS data, raster or shapefiles, from downloading the source GIS file to generating the final SVG or bitmap map file.

How to use makefiles

 * 1. Create a directory :


 * 2. Copy a valid MAKE code from Wikipedia
 * 3. In directory > save code as text file
 * 4. Terminal > get to relevant folder & run the makefile

Installing utilities
For the whole "Wikimaps Atlas: stand alone" system, bellow are the list of required utilities and a valid makefiles version of it.

Action: When run,  downloads and installs one after another the needed scripts and dependencies required by Wikiatlas, either stand alone and server versions.