How To Install python3-gps on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-gps on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python3-gps
python3-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 3 interface to connect to gpsd, together with a module providing a controlled testing environment.
Package: python3-gps Architecture: amd64 Version: 3.20-8 Priority: optional Section: universe/python Source: gpsd Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 253 Provides: python3.8-gps Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), python3 (« 3.9), python3 (>= 3.8~), python3:any (>= 3.5~) Recommends: gpsd Filename: pool/universe/g/gpsd/python3-gps_3.20-8_amd64.deb Size: 58956 MD5sum: fa9e1845c2d8aa2abf9b0842157835cb SHA1: 1b72ee6e1483b364b2dc57140cb545e768a4a40d SHA256: 178b4ae22f316b602233317a1f196f8adb0fa227dd25875ee02a29cae1a4601d Homepage: http://www.catb.org/gpsd/ Description-en: Global Positioning System - Python 3 libraries 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 3 interface to connect to gpsd, together with a module providing a controlled testing environment.
There are three methods to install python3-gps 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 python3-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 python3-gps using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-gps
Install python3-gps Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-gps using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-gps
Install python3-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 python3-gps using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-gps
How To Uninstall python3-gps on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python3-gps package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-gps
Uninstall python3-gps And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-gps and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-gps
Remove python3-gps Configurations and Data
To remove python3-gps configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-gps
Remove python3-gps configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-gps configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-gps
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-gps package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.