How to Install and Uninstall gpsd Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 11,2025

You can also install and uninstall the gpsd on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "gpsd" package

Please follow the instructions below to install gpsd on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                gpsd
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "gpsd" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall gpsd on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gpsd
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gpsd package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: gpsd
Source: gpsd (3.22-4.1)
Version: 3.22-4.1+b1
Installed-Size: 1360
Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: gpsd-clients (<< 3.20-9), gpsd-tools (<< 3.20-10)
Depends: netbase | systemd-sysv, lsb-base (>= 3.2-13), adduser (>= 3.34), libbluetooth3 (>= 4.91), libc6 (>= 2.35), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libusb-1.0-0 (>= 2:1.0.8), libgps28 (= 3.22-4.1+b1), python3:any, python3
Recommends: udev, gpsd-tools
Suggests: gpsd-clients, dbus, apparmor
Conflicts: fso-gpsd
Breaks: gpsd-clients (<< 3.20-9), gpsd-tools (<< 3.20-10), udev (<< 125)
Description: Global Positioning System - daemon
Description-md5: f4c594224d3953b094b99b3ab4e1fa72
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.catb.org/gpsd/
Tag: field::geography, hardware::gps, implemented-in::c, interface::daemon,
network::server, network::service, protocol::TODO, role::program
Section: misc
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gpsd/gpsd_3.22-4.1+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 371100
MD5sum: e5369a23c7ddd5df14d570611a34ae8b
SHA256: fec2dba104a1b1db1032be47e8def66f228b8990b8af796fe80cece3c44e5462