How to Install and Uninstall gpsd-tools Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "gpsd-tools" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install gpsd-tools on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall gpsd-tools on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gpsd-tools
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gpsd-tools package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: gpsd-tools
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.22-2ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: misc
Source: gpsd
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 720
Depends: libbluetooth3 (>= 4.91), libc6 (>= 2.33), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libncurses6 (>= 6), libtinfo6 (>= 6), libusb-1.0-0 (>= 2:1.0.8), libgps28 (= 3.22-2ubuntu1)
Suggests: gpsd
Breaks: gpsd (<< 3.20-9), python-gps
Replaces: python-gps
Filename: pool/main/g/gpsd/gpsd-tools_3.22-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 256048
MD5sum: db228d0e6328300d4338fd3de06047e1
SHA1: 76e61b184ea02fefb5a00828d0f41bf65691627a
SHA256: fa60d8ee37c406ca47a14da192a85e640a7580813858fffb8a151d42062b4956
SHA512: 692c002122b160f0fe0b0c50c7e0158715b78a0dac583bc177b47a01137f42e309b9a481898a9a94b0b114a20a1ad965d2a313612d41c1bd5a9386fb01ae5f7b
Homepage: http://www.catb.org/gpsd/
Description-en: Global Positioning System - tools
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.
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This package contains the most common tools 'gpsmon' and 'cgps' used to
access a GPS device.
Description-md5: da9f6daf6778e6e0a948a3325d56bd44