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

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "gpsd-clients" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install gpsd-clients on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall gpsd-clients on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gpsd-clients
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gpsd-clients package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: gpsd-clients
Priority: optional
Section: universe/misc
Installed-Size: 2069
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz
Architecture: amd64
Source: gpsd
Version: 3.15-2build1
Depends: libbluetooth3 (>= 4.91), libc6 (>= 2.15), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libncurses5 (>= 6), libtinfo5 (>= 6), libusb-1.0-0 (>= 2:1.0.8), libgps22 (= 3.15-2build1), python-gps, python-gtk2, python-cairo, python
Suggests: gpsd
Conflicts: gps
Filename: pool/universe/g/gpsd/gpsd-clients_3.15-2build1_amd64.deb
Size: 355892
MD5sum: c967d63566dbe305ea50b44b390abf74
SHA1: 10d2ccd3f2e9eed2dbe654f8df6ce57c593b4f8a
SHA256: fd79989bf64fa20696be1c2b7ef12049377f1ed43ed629487935f53ef0b0524c
Description-en: Global Positioning System - clients
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 auxiliary tools and example clients for monitoring and
testing gpsd.
Description-md5: 82a6a897230e9aec640eba7efba8a15d
Homepage: http://www.catb.org/gpsd/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu