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Quick installation of gpsd:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: gpsd
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install gpsd
Package Details | |
| Package: | gpsd |
| Version: | 3.4-2ubuntu0.1 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
| Home page: | http://www.catb.org/gpsd/ |
| Description: | Global Positioning System - daemon The gpsd service daemon can monitor one or more GPS devices connected to a host computer, making all data on the location and movements of the sensors available to be queried on TCP port 2947. . With gpsd, multiple GPS client applications can share access to devices without contention or loss of data. Also, gpsd responds to queries with a format that is substantially easier to parse than the different standards emitted by GPS devices. Multi-Arch: foreign Homepage: http://www.catb.org/gpsd/ |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | misc |
How to install gpsd on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
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Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.
After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.
If gpsd is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L gpsd' will give followin error.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L gpsd Package `gpsd' is not installed. Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$
Installing gpsd:
After system update use the following command to install gpsd:
sudo apt-get install gpsd
Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.
How to uninstall/remove gpsd from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the gpsd from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.
To remove the gpsd following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove gpsd
Following command is used to remove the gpsd package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove gpsd
This will remove gpsd and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing gpsd with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge gpsd
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove gpsd
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with gpsd package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.
