How to Install and Uninstall gpsd Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: December 28,2024

1. Install "gpsd" package

Please follow the steps below to install gpsd on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall gpsd on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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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 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: gpsd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.20-8ubuntu0.4
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: misc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 758
Depends: netbase | systemd-sysv, lsb-base (>= 3.2-13), adduser (>= 3.34), libbluetooth3 (>= 4.91), libc6 (>= 2.29), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libusb-1.0-0 (>= 2:1.0.8), libgps26 (= 3.20-8ubuntu0.4)
Recommends: udev, python3
Suggests: gpsd-clients, dbus, apparmor
Conflicts: fso-gpsd
Breaks: udev (<< 136-1)
Filename: pool/main/g/gpsd/gpsd_3.20-8ubuntu0.4_amd64.deb
Size: 270944
MD5sum: b6dd4bec734393a0e10dd7bfd8f06eb2
SHA1: 38c91084a20b0589726c103c0540abfd8d9c5024
SHA256: 5591f1c26f61dce7e55ed28eaeff14d00e194198e6501aa719750bc45fa9c11a
SHA512: 20450ab5d7d211006da3177ad052c900359dc54bc2f7f750ec778f738b3587b8b7ba51d8d8d8aaef1dd31126bbf0ad21befbdf8d192e43460766e2efdb53564a
Homepage: http://www.catb.org/gpsd/
Description: Global Positioning System - daemon
Description-md5: c27e4861a82769d7dbf1f60e97926430

Package: gpsd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.20-8
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: misc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 756
Depends: netbase | systemd-sysv, lsb-base (>= 3.2-13), adduser (>= 3.34), libbluetooth3 (>= 4.91), libc6 (>= 2.29), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libusb-1.0-0 (>= 2:1.0.8), libgps26 (= 3.20-8)
Recommends: udev, python3
Suggests: gpsd-clients, dbus, apparmor
Conflicts: fso-gpsd
Breaks: udev (<< 136-1)
Filename: pool/main/g/gpsd/gpsd_3.20-8_amd64.deb
Size: 270200
MD5sum: 728681584a42a0158f7d59610d876114
SHA1: 47c31e0f581f04c952a46fd8072e7039e541d103
SHA256: f71fc8b4001c0280528aab6f701b917198c07a563379ff84de0867bd83258baa
Homepage: http://www.catb.org/gpsd/
Description: Global Positioning System - daemon
Description-md5: c27e4861a82769d7dbf1f60e97926430