How To Install python-gps on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-gps on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-gps
python-gps 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 contains a Python interface to connect to gpsd, together with a module providing a controlled testing environment. It also ships two tools which utilize the interface: gpsprof for latency-profiling, and gpsfake to simulate a GPS by playing back a logfile.
There are three methods to install python-gps 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 python-gps Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-gps using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-gps
Install python-gps Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-gps using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-gps
Install python-gps 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 python-gps using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-gps
How To Uninstall python-gps on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-gps package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-gps
Uninstall python-gps And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-gps and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-gps
Remove python-gps Configurations and Data
To remove python-gps configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-gps
Remove python-gps configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-gps configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-gps
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-gps package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
