How To Install foxtrotgps on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install foxtrotgps on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is foxtrotgps
foxtrotgps is:
foxtrotGPS is a map and GPS application. By default, it uses maps from OpenStreetMap. The available features include downloading and displaying tiled maps, recording GPS tracks, automatic map centering, storing points of interest, geocoding photos, setting waypoints, monitoring heartrate via Bluetooth, planning travel routes and finding travel routes using external services on the Internet based on OpenStreetMap.
There are three methods to install foxtrotgps 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 foxtrotgps Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install foxtrotgps using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install foxtrotgps
Install foxtrotgps Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install foxtrotgps using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install foxtrotgps
Install foxtrotgps 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 foxtrotgps using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install foxtrotgps
How To Uninstall foxtrotgps on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the foxtrotgps package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove foxtrotgps
Uninstall foxtrotgps And Its Dependencies
To uninstall foxtrotgps and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove foxtrotgps
Remove foxtrotgps Configurations and Data
To remove foxtrotgps configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge foxtrotgps
Remove foxtrotgps configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove foxtrotgps configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge foxtrotgps
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install foxtrotgps package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.