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