How To Install gpsd-devel on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gpsd-devel on Rocky Linux 8.
What is gpsd-devel
This package provides C header files for the gpsd shared libraries that manage access to a GPS for applications
We can use yum or dnf to install gpsd-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gpsd-devel.
Install gpsd-devel 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-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install gpsd-devel
Install gpsd-devel 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-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install gpsd-devel
How To Uninstall gpsd-devel on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the gpsd-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove gpsd-devel
gpsd-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/include/gps.h
/usr/include/libgpsmm.h
/usr/lib64/libgps.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libgps.pc
/usr/share/doc/gpsd-devel
/usr/share/doc/gpsd-devel/TODO
/usr/share/man/man3/libgps.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/libgpsmm.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/gpsd_json.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/srec.5.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gpsd-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.