How To Install obdgpslogger on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install obdgpslogger on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is obdgpslogger
obdgpslogger is:
OBDII is a standard for getting diagnostic information from your car. The main tool, obdgpslogger, is a command-line tool to log that data, with your gps position, to a sqlite database. Provided alongside are various tools used to convert logs to formats such as CSV or Google Earth KML. Also contained in the package is an OBDII and ELM327 simulator, obdsim, that uses plugins to generate data.
There are three methods to install obdgpslogger 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 obdgpslogger Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install obdgpslogger using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install obdgpslogger
Install obdgpslogger Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install obdgpslogger using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install obdgpslogger
Install obdgpslogger 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 obdgpslogger using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install obdgpslogger
How To Uninstall obdgpslogger on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the obdgpslogger package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove obdgpslogger
Uninstall obdgpslogger And Its Dependencies
To uninstall obdgpslogger and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove obdgpslogger
Remove obdgpslogger Configurations and Data
To remove obdgpslogger configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge obdgpslogger
Remove obdgpslogger configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove obdgpslogger configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge obdgpslogger
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install obdgpslogger package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
