How to Install gpsd in Ubuntu 18.04



Install gpsd by entering the following commands in the terminal:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install gpsd

Description:

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. . 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.

Homepage: http://www.catb.org/gpsd/

Version: 3.17-5

Section: universe/misc