How To Install geoclue-manual on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install geoclue-manual on Ubuntu 18.04. geoclue-manual is Position server for GeoClue (manual)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install geoclue-manual on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is geoclue-manual

geoclue-manual 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. It works by letting the user specify the location.

There are three methods to install geoclue-manual 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-manual 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-manual using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install geoclue-manual

Install geoclue-manual Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install geoclue-manual using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install geoclue-manual

Install geoclue-manual 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-manual using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install geoclue-manual

How To Uninstall geoclue-manual on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the geoclue-manual package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove geoclue-manual

Uninstall geoclue-manual And Its Dependencies

To uninstall geoclue-manual and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove geoclue-manual

Remove geoclue-manual Configurations and Data

To remove geoclue-manual configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge geoclue-manual

Remove geoclue-manual configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove geoclue-manual configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge geoclue-manual

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install geoclue-manual package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.