GpsPrune is available to download either as compiled jar (just the runnable code) or as source code (the entire java source) if you want to compile it yourself. The latest released version is version 13.4, from May 2012. For the details of the new features, see what's new.
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Update: For those who need or want a version of GpsPrune without the exif reading libraries included, there is now such a version available on request. However it then does require a separate version of libmetadata-extractor both to compile GpsPrune and to run it. (This was done for Debian so that they can reuse the libmetadata-extractor from the existing package.)
For special linux packages for OpenSuse, Mandriva, Debian, Ubuntu and Arch, see the details below.
There is no installation. Simply download the jar file to your machine.
If you have associated jar files with java already, then you can just double-click on the jar file to run it. If not, you can right-click on the jar file and select "open with..." and then "Java platform" (or something similar).
Alternatively you can use the command line to launch the jar, like this:
java -jar gpsprune_13.4.jar
But remember you must include the whole path to the GpsPrune jar file. To make it easier, you can create a shortcut on your desktop or menu to call the above command. Or you can set up a bash script to call it (see below), so you just have to type "gpsprune" to run it.
If you want to attach an icon to your shortcut then feel free to use this one (256x256 pixels).
GpsPrune should automatically select the language based on your system settings - but remember that only the languages CZ, EN, DE, DE_ch, ES, FR, HU, IT, JA, KO, NL, PL, PT, RU and ZH are currently supported. Also TR, RO, ID and AF are partially supported. If you want to override these settings and select the language yourself, you can do this with an extra parameter:
java -jar gpsprune_13.4.jar --lang=DE
Or you can use the menu option "Settings -> Set language" to choose another language, save your settings and then restart GpsPrune.
If you have a linux system, you may find it easier to install GpsPrune directly from your built-in repositories rather than use the downloads from this page. The advantage is that it's a bit easier to install and all the dependencies can be installed automatically. The disadvantage is that you might be getting an older version of GpsPrune from the repositories as it can take a while for it to go through the process.
There are a variety of package formats for the different distributions:
If you have an RPM-based linux system, like Opensuse or Fedora or Mandriva, you may want to have a look at the OpenSuse build service - they have kindly prepared an rpm (currently called gpsprune-13.1-1.1.noarch.rpm) which is installable like any other package. This package saves the jar file in /opt/share/prune/ so it's available for all users, and even provides a menu entry to launch it wth a click. Or from the command line just run prune.
In theory this rpm should make it easier for the linux distributions to include it in their own repositories, making it much simpler to find and install, but I haven't heard of any such plans yet. The latest news is that prune is on its way into the "Contrib" repository of OpenSuse, but it's not clear how long this will take. However, the rpm from the build service installs fine on OpenSuse 11.2 using the OpenJDK.
There is now a package of GpsPrune for Debian linux. Version 10 is available in Squeeze (stable) and version 13.3 is now in Testing (Wheezy). The package is called gpsprune. Just install the package using the regular "add software" gui, and the dependencies will get installed too, everything you need. This includes a java runtime such as sun-java6-jre or OpenJDK, and libmetadata-extractor-java, and even the libjava3d-java. Or if you prefer the command line, just type (as root) aptitude install gpsprune .
Once it's installed, you get a menu entry for "gpsprune" in the "Science" menu, or you can launch it from a console with gpsprune.
This also works if you're running Elive, just download the above packages from Debian's repositories and install them with dpkg.
For the current release of Ubuntu, there is also a gpsprune package, taken from Debian's package. So now all you need to do is search in the "add software" tool for "gpsprune", click the install button and you're done! It looks like it's installing a huge package, but that's only because it's automatically pulling in the (optional) dependencies such as gpsbabel, exiftool and gnuplot. The Pangolin release has version 13.1 of gpsprune, and version 13.3 is in the repositories for Quetzal.
There is apparently also a package of Prune for Arch linux, but I haven't had chance to test it yet. It seems to be just a wrapper around the binary jar file, including a desktop file. If you're interested, see the Arch User Repository.
Also for BSD users there is a package of Prune at freshports.org, currently at version 10. I haven't had chance to test this one either.
The following features are among the changes added since version 12:
For more details on these changes, see What's new.
Up until version 12.1, GpsPrune was made available under the name "Prune". Starting with version 13, it's called "GpsPrune". However, it's not a split, it's not a fork, it's not a change of ownership or anything like that. It's just a name change.
The reason behind it is that the completely unrelated program graphviz includes an executable called prune as one of its many files. This meant that when Prune was submitted to Debian for packaging, they couldn't call it "Prune" because it would conflict with the graphviz file. That's why Debian (and subsequently Ubuntu) have called the package "gpsprune" instead.
In order to reduce the confusion of both names being used, it was decided to call it "GpsPrune" everywhere.
Volunteers provide most of the language translations for Prune, and every time a version of Prune is released, the latest version of the translations is taken and included in the jar file. If the translations are improved after Prune has been released, these can be made available in a separate text file, and then specified in the command used to launch Prune.
There are currently three language packs available for GpsPrune version 13.4. The first contains the minimal Farsi texts which have now unfortunately fallen below 10% of the coverage, and the second is the new language Danish, now risen to 11%. The files are here if you want to use them. The third is a significant update and correction to the German texts, thanks to an anonymous contributor. All the other translations are already inside the jars.
If you want to use one of these language packs, just save the text file to your machine (preferably in the same directory as the GpsPrune jar file), and then specify the location of this file with an extra parameter when you launch the program, for example:
java -jar gpsprune_13.jar --langfile=gpsprune_russian_texts.txt
You can also select a language file using Settings->Set language, and as long as you save your settings (Settings->Save settings), it will be used the next time GpsPrune is started.
See the dependencies page for how to get the additional bits of software to extend GpsPrune's functionality. These include the Java runtime, the Java3d libraries for real-time 3d display, Povray for rendering of 3d images, Exiftool for saving coordinates to exif information of jpegs, GPSBabel for communicating with GPS receivers, and gnuplot for drawing charts of altitudes, speeds etc.
See the history page for details of previous versions of GpsPrune and the history of development, or the old screenshots for how GpsPrune used to look.
There are several additional features planned which have not yet been implemented. The current status of development is shown in the development page and user suggestions are listed in the wishlist.
Of course any suggestions or contributions, especially multi-lingual translation expertise, would be very gratefully received! Please see the translation wiki for details on how to help with this.