How To Install python3-gps on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-gps on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-gps is Global Positioning System - Python 3 libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-gps on Debian 12.

What is python3-gps

python3-gps 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 contains a Python 3 interface to connect to gpsd, together with a module providing a controlled testing environment.

There are three methods to install python3-gps on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install python3-gps Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-gps using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-gps

Install python3-gps Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-gps using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-gps

Install python3-gps 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-gps using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-gps

How To Uninstall python3-gps on Debian 12

To uninstall only the python3-gps package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-gps

Uninstall python3-gps And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-gps and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-gps

Remove python3-gps Configurations and Data

To remove python3-gps configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-gps

Remove python3-gps configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-gps configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-gps

Dependencies

python3-gps have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-gps package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.