How To Install geoclue-gsmloc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install geoclue-gsmloc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is geoclue-gsmloc
geoclue-gsmloc is:
GeoClue provides applications access to various geographical information sources using a D-Bus API or a C library.
This package provides a positioning backend for GeoClue. The location information comes from a GSM (cellular) device through the ofono stack and opencellid.org.
There are three methods to install geoclue-gsmloc 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 geoclue-gsmloc 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-gsmloc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install geoclue-gsmloc
Install geoclue-gsmloc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install geoclue-gsmloc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install geoclue-gsmloc
Install geoclue-gsmloc 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 geoclue-gsmloc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install geoclue-gsmloc
How To Uninstall geoclue-gsmloc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the geoclue-gsmloc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove geoclue-gsmloc
Uninstall geoclue-gsmloc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall geoclue-gsmloc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove geoclue-gsmloc
Remove geoclue-gsmloc Configurations and Data
To remove geoclue-gsmloc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge geoclue-gsmloc
Remove geoclue-gsmloc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove geoclue-gsmloc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge geoclue-gsmloc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install geoclue-gsmloc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
