How To Install geoclue.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install geoclue.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. geoclue.x86_64 is A modular geoinformation service

Introduction

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

What is `geoclue.x86_64`

Geoclue is a modular geoinformation service built on top of the D-Bus messaging system. The goal of the Geoclue project is to make creating location-aware applications as simple as possible.

We can use yum to install geoclue.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.x86_64.

Install geoclue.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.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install geoclue.x86_64

How To Uninstall geoclue.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove geoclue.x86_64

geoclue.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libgeoclue.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgeoclue.so.0.0.0
/usr/libexec/geoclue-example
/usr/libexec/geoclue-geonames
/usr/libexec/geoclue-hostip
/usr/libexec/geoclue-localnet
/usr/libexec/geoclue-manual
/usr/libexec/geoclue-master
/usr/libexec/geoclue-nominatim
/usr/libexec/geoclue-plazes
/usr/libexec/geoclue-skyhook
/usr/libexec/geoclue-yahoo
/usr/share/GConf/gsettings/geoclue
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.Geoclue.Master.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.Geoclue.Providers.Example.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.Geoclue.Providers.Geonames.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.Geoclue.Providers.Hostip.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.Geoclue.Providers.Localnet.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.Geoclue.Providers.Manual.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.Geoclue.Providers.Nominatim.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.Geoclue.Providers.Plazes.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.Geoclue.Providers.Skyhook.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.Geoclue.Providers.Yahoo.service
/usr/share/doc/geoclue-0.12.99
/usr/share/doc/geoclue-0.12.99/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/geoclue-0.12.99/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/geoclue-0.12.99/README
/usr/share/geoclue-providers
/usr/share/geoclue-providers/geoclue-example.provider
/usr/share/geoclue-providers/geoclue-geonames.provider
/usr/share/geoclue-providers/geoclue-hostip.provider
/usr/share/geoclue-providers/geoclue-localnet.provider
/usr/share/geoclue-providers/geoclue-manual.provider
/usr/share/geoclue-providers/geoclue-nominatim.provider
/usr/share/geoclue-providers/geoclue-plazes.provider
/usr/share/geoclue-providers/geoclue-skyhook.provider
/usr/share/geoclue-providers/geoclue-yahoo.provider
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.freedesktop.Geoclue.gschema.xml

References

geoclue.x86_64 website

Summary

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