How To Install gpsd on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gpsd on CentOS 7.
What is gpsd
gpsd is a service daemon that mediates access to a GPS sensor connected to the host computer by serial or USB interface, making its data on the location/course/velocity of the sensor available to be queried on TCP port 2947 of the host computer. With gpsd, multiple GPS client applications (such as navigational and wardriving software) can share access to a GPS without contention or loss of data. Also, gpsd responds to queries with a format that is substantially easier to parse than NMEA 0183.
We can use yum or dnf to install gpsd on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gpsd.
Install gpsd on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install gpsd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install gpsd
Install gpsd on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install gpsd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install gpsd
How To Uninstall gpsd on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the gpsd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove gpsd
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gpsd on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
