How To Install indi-gpsnmea on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
2 minutes • 350 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install indi-gpsnmea on Ubuntu.
What is indi-gpsnmea
indi-gpsnmea is:
This package contains an INDI driver for GPS NMEA streams.
This driver is compatible with any INDI client such as KStars or Xephem.
There are three methods to install indi-gpsnmea on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install indi-gpsnmea Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install indi-gpsnmea using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install indi-gpsnmea
Install indi-gpsnmea Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install indi-gpsnmea using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install indi-gpsnmea
Install indi-gpsnmea Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install indi-gpsnmea using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install indi-gpsnmea
How To Uninstall indi-gpsnmea on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the indi-gpsnmea package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove indi-gpsnmea
Uninstall indi-gpsnmea And Its Dependencies
To uninstall indi-gpsnmea and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove indi-gpsnmea
Remove indi-gpsnmea Configurations and Data
To remove indi-gpsnmea configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge indi-gpsnmea
Remove indi-gpsnmea configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove indi-gpsnmea configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge indi-gpsnmea
Dependencies
indi-gpsnmea have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install indi-gpsnmea package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.