How To Install geoclue-gsmloc.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install geoclue-gsmloc.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. geoclue-gsmloc.x86_64 is gsmloc provider for geoclue

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install geoclue-gsmloc.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `geoclue-gsmloc.x86_64`

A gsmloc provider for geoclue

We can use yum to install geoclue-gsmloc.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install geoclue-gsmloc.x86_64.

Install geoclue-gsmloc.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install geoclue-gsmloc.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install geoclue-gsmloc.x86_64

How To Uninstall geoclue-gsmloc.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the geoclue-gsmloc.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove geoclue-gsmloc.x86_64

geoclue-gsmloc.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/libexec/geoclue-gsmloc
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.Geoclue.Providers.Gsmloc.service
/usr/share/geoclue-providers/geoclue-gsmloc.provider

References

geoclue-gsmloc.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install geoclue-gsmloc.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.