How To Install geoclue-yahoo on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install geoclue-yahoo on Ubuntu 18.04. geoclue-yahoo is Map and geocode server for GeoClue (Yahoo)

Introduction

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

What is geoclue-yahoo

geoclue-yahoo is:

GeoClue provides applications access to various geographical information sources using a D-Bus API or a C library.

This package provides a map and geocoding backend for GeoClue. It uses the Yahoo map API.

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

sudo apt-get -y install geoclue-yahoo

Install geoclue-yahoo Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install geoclue-yahoo

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

sudo aptitude -y install geoclue-yahoo

How To Uninstall geoclue-yahoo on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove geoclue-yahoo

Uninstall geoclue-yahoo And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove geoclue-yahoo

Remove geoclue-yahoo Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge geoclue-yahoo

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

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

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

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Summary

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