How to Install and Uninstall gpsd Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "gpsd" package

This guide let you learn how to install gpsd on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: gpsd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.17-5
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/misc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 643
Depends: netbase | systemd-sysv, lsb-base (>= 3.2-13), adduser (>= 3.34), libbluetooth3 (>= 4.91), libc6 (>= 2.15), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libusb-1.0-0 (>= 2:1.0.8), libgps23 (= 3.17-5)
Recommends: udev, python
Suggests: gpsd-clients, dbus
Conflicts: fso-gpsd
Breaks: udev (<< 136-1)
Filename: pool/universe/g/gpsd/gpsd_3.17-5_amd64.deb
Size: 230024
MD5sum: 6615be0f097a25cf471ed9d44cd53f9f
SHA1: 66b62c6498ea938d8ae96df5c24d7f545dacf4be
SHA256: a12986926c98d6186fbe6b2ccfbd7f38fadc50c36a8b39fd11d5d10fa65f0ced
Homepage: http://www.catb.org/gpsd/
Description: Global Positioning System - daemon
Description-md5: c27e4861a82769d7dbf1f60e97926430