How To Install libgps28 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgps28
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libgps28
libgps28 is:
The gpsd service daemon can monitor one or more GPS devices connected to a host computer, making all data on the location and movements of the sensors available to be queried on TCP port 2947.
This package provides libgps, a C service library for querying GPS devices. It supports both a low-level interface, which communicates directly with the device to which the GPS is connected, and a high-level interface, which goes through gpsd and is intended for concurrent use by several applications.
There are three methods to install libgps28
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libgps28 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgps28
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgps28
Install libgps28 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgps28
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgps28
Install libgps28 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 libgps28
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgps28
How To Uninstall libgps28 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libgps28
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgps28
Uninstall libgps28 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgps28
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgps28
Remove libgps28 Configurations and Data
To remove libgps28
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgps28
Remove libgps28 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgps28
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgps28
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgps28
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.