How To Install gpsd-clients on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gpsd-clients on Rocky Linux 8.
What is gpsd-clients
xgps is a simple test client for gpsd with an X interface. It displays current GPS position/time/velocity information and (for GPSes that support the feature) the locations of accessible satellites. xgpsspeed is a speedometer that uses position information from the GPS. It accepts an -h option and optional argument as for gps, or a -v option to dump the package version and exit. Additionally, it accepts -rv (reverse video) and -nc (needle color) options. cgps resembles xgps, but without the pictorial satellite display. It can run on a serial terminal or terminal emulator. gpsfake can feed data from files to simulate data coming from many different gps devices.
We can use yum or dnf to install gpsd-clients on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gpsd-clients.
Install gpsd-clients on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install gpsd-clients using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install gpsd-clients
Install gpsd-clients on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install gpsd-clients using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install gpsd-clients
How To Uninstall gpsd-clients on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the gpsd-clients package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove gpsd-clients
gpsd-clients Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/bin/cgps
/usr/bin/gegps
/usr/bin/gps2udp
/usr/bin/gpscat
/usr/bin/gpsdecode
/usr/bin/gpsfake
/usr/bin/gpspipe
/usr/bin/gpsrinex
/usr/bin/gpxlogger
/usr/bin/lcdgps
/usr/bin/ubxtool
/usr/bin/xgps
/usr/bin/xgpsspeed
/usr/bin/zerk
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a/ed73ebad31b6b251be79136be941d5056a6dbe
/usr/lib/.build-id/32
/usr/lib/.build-id/32/07c603e5187acda1cdf3a4fd9e4a6ded21b433
/usr/lib/.build-id/35/693ec7020a72705b33a36693be831962e2ec82
/usr/lib/.build-id/43/4e300be2161fa2d6d9fc401b2463eec64eb1be
/usr/lib/.build-id/67
/usr/lib/.build-id/67/7f5a4e5ac050532297155c836f32b012f5a7de
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5/1312518730e162c8022ec00477b9c76340dfce
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd/43b153c4244d9bc8b2f9e82cc361a7980d082d
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/gps/__pycache__/fake.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/gps/__pycache__/fake.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/gps/fake.py
/usr/share/applications/xgps.desktop
/usr/share/applications/xgpsspeed.desktop
/usr/share/gpsd
/usr/share/gpsd/gpsd-logo.png
/usr/share/man/man1/cgps.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gegps.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gps.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gps2udp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gpscat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gpsdecode.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gpsfake.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gpspipe.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gpsrinex.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gpxlogger.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lcdgps.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ubxtool.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xgps.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xgpsspeed.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/zerk.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gpsd-clients on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.