How To Install libgps-dev on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgps-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. libgps-dev is Global Positioning System - development files Global Positioning System - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgps-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libgps-dev

libgps-dev 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 the header and development files needed to build programs and packages using libgps.

Package: libgps-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 3.20-8 Priority: optional Section: libdevel Source: gpsd Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 420 Depends: libgps26 (= 3.20-8), pkg-config Filename: pool/main/g/gpsd/libgps-dev_3.20-8_amd64.deb Size: 103592 MD5sum: 279115585a7a63d797aae48a04cc02fb SHA1: 4880ca3b78b24ef421fe57bafe2fadb173b81984 SHA256: ae4e6fade986d20f18f6608f06da651e837ef397bd6305cc15bb38cf5b96fb29 Homepage: http://www.catb.org/gpsd/ Description-en: Global Positioning System - development files 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 the header and development files needed to build programs and packages using libgps.

There are three methods to install libgps-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libgps-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libgps-dev

Install libgps-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libgps-dev

Install libgps-dev 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 libgps-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgps-dev

How To Uninstall libgps-dev on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libgps-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgps-dev

Uninstall libgps-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgps-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgps-dev

Remove libgps-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libgps-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgps-dev

Remove libgps-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgps-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgps-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.