How To Install geoclue-ubuntu-geoip on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install geoclue-ubuntu-geoip on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is geoclue-ubuntu-geoip
geoclue-ubuntu-geoip is:
GeoClue provides applications access to various geographical information sources using a D-Bus API or a C library.
This package provides a positioning backend for GeoClue. It uses the IP geolocation database (http://geoip.ubuntu.com/lookup).
There are three methods to install geoclue-ubuntu-geoip on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install geoclue-ubuntu-geoip Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install geoclue-ubuntu-geoip using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install geoclue-ubuntu-geoip
Install geoclue-ubuntu-geoip Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install geoclue-ubuntu-geoip using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install geoclue-ubuntu-geoip
Install geoclue-ubuntu-geoip Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install geoclue-ubuntu-geoip using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install geoclue-ubuntu-geoip
How To Uninstall geoclue-ubuntu-geoip on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the geoclue-ubuntu-geoip package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove geoclue-ubuntu-geoip
Uninstall geoclue-ubuntu-geoip And Its Dependencies
To uninstall geoclue-ubuntu-geoip and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove geoclue-ubuntu-geoip
Remove geoclue-ubuntu-geoip Configurations and Data
To remove geoclue-ubuntu-geoip configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge geoclue-ubuntu-geoip
Remove geoclue-ubuntu-geoip configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove geoclue-ubuntu-geoip configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge geoclue-ubuntu-geoip
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install geoclue-ubuntu-geoip package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
