How To Install geoclue2 on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install geoclue2
on AlmaLinux 8.
What is geoclue2
Geoclue is a D-Bus service that provides location information. The primary goal of the Geoclue project is to make creating location-aware applications as simple as possible, while the secondary goal is to ensure that no application can access location information without explicit permission from user.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install geoclue2
on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install geoclue2.
Install geoclue2 on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install geoclue2
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install geoclue2
Install geoclue2 on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install geoclue2
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install geoclue2
How To Uninstall geoclue2 on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the geoclue2
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove geoclue2
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install geoclue2
on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.