How to Install and Uninstall gpsd Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "gpsd" package

This tutorial shows how to install gpsd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: gpsd
Priority: optional
Section: universe/misc
Installed-Size: 598
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.15-2build1
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), init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), libgps22 (= 3.15-2build1)
Recommends: udev, python
Suggests: gpsd-clients, dbus
Conflicts: fso-gpsd
Breaks: udev (<< 136-1)
Filename: pool/universe/g/gpsd/gpsd_3.15-2build1_amd64.deb
Size: 215252
MD5sum: 4156a5a7fd0edeb25bc8870a6dff1a54
SHA1: e4f32ee78336fb9e3727424c3ee9b63673ca16b9
SHA256: 3175270a9ecec258ee21388cdca68974e9f41153bc899194912cb628b4e60d59
Description-en: Global Positioning System - daemon
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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With gpsd, multiple GPS client applications can share access to devices
without contention or loss of data. Also, gpsd responds to queries with a
format that is substantially easier to parse than the different standards
emitted by GPS devices.
Description-md5: c27e4861a82769d7dbf1f60e97926430
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.catb.org/gpsd/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu