How To Install geoclue-2.0 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install geoclue-2.0 on Debian 12.
What is geoclue-2.0
geoclue-2.0 is:
GeoClue is a D-Bus geoinformation service. The goal of the Geoclue project is to make creating location-aware applications as simple as possible.
This package contains the D-Bus system service for GeoClue.
There are three methods to install geoclue-2.0 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install geoclue-2.0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install geoclue-2.0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install geoclue-2.0
Install geoclue-2.0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install geoclue-2.0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install geoclue-2.0
Install geoclue-2.0 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install geoclue-2.0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install geoclue-2.0
How To Uninstall geoclue-2.0 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the geoclue-2.0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove geoclue-2.0
Uninstall geoclue-2.0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall geoclue-2.0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove geoclue-2.0
Remove geoclue-2.0 Configurations and Data
To remove geoclue-2.0 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge geoclue-2.0
Remove geoclue-2.0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove geoclue-2.0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge geoclue-2.0
Dependencies
geoclue-2.0 have the following dependencies:
- adduser
- libavahi-client3
- libavahi-common3
- libavahi-glib1
- libc6
- libglib2.0-0
- libjson-glib-1.0-0
- libmm-glib0
- libnotify4
- libsoup-3.0-0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install geoclue-2.0 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
