How To Install geoclue-localnet on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install geoclue-localnet on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is geoclue-localnet
geoclue-localnet 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 configuration file containing information about the current network.
There are three methods to install geoclue-localnet 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-localnet 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-localnet using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install geoclue-localnet
Install geoclue-localnet Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install geoclue-localnet using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install geoclue-localnet
Install geoclue-localnet 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-localnet using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install geoclue-localnet
How To Uninstall geoclue-localnet on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the geoclue-localnet package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove geoclue-localnet
Uninstall geoclue-localnet And Its Dependencies
To uninstall geoclue-localnet and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove geoclue-localnet
Remove geoclue-localnet Configurations and Data
To remove geoclue-localnet configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge geoclue-localnet
Remove geoclue-localnet configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove geoclue-localnet configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge geoclue-localnet
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install geoclue-localnet package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
