How To Install libgps26 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgps26 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libgps26
libgps26 is:
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.
This package provides libgps, a C service library for querying GPS devices. It supports both a low-level interface, which communicates directly with the device to which the GPS is connected, and a high-level interface, which goes through gpsd and is intended for concurrent use by several applications. Task: kubuntu-desktop
Package: libgps26 Architecture: amd64 Version: 3.20-8 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libs Source: gpsd Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 197 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libstdc++6 (>= 5) Suggests: gpsd Conflicts: fso-gpsd Filename: pool/main/g/gpsd/libgps26_3.20-8_amd64.deb Size: 52760 MD5sum: 08f6fd77886597e883a603acb6c70b35 SHA1: 2638b3174c0726f39bab26dbc689db898756bb28 SHA256: d335ca4ab4d45f4749c4c40416c61d3a1b185288e01efaf131bc77d8a12d3923 Homepage: http://www.catb.org/gpsd/ Description-en: Global Positioning System - library 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.
This package provides libgps, a C service library for querying GPS devices. It supports both a low-level interface, which communicates directly with the device to which the GPS is connected, and a high-level interface, which goes through gpsd and is intended for concurrent use by several applications. Task: kubuntu-desktop
There are three methods to install libgps26 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libgps26 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgps26 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgps26
Install libgps26 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgps26 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgps26
Install libgps26 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 libgps26 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgps26
How To Uninstall libgps26 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libgps26 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgps26
Uninstall libgps26 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgps26 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgps26
Remove libgps26 Configurations and Data
To remove libgps26 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgps26
Remove libgps26 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgps26 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgps26
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgps26 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
