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author | Gary E. Miller <gem@rellim.com> | 2018-06-18 15:27:05 -0700 |
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committer | Gary E. Miller <gem@rellim.com> | 2018-06-18 15:27:05 -0700 |
commit | 6232ffb6484695c100bb8552caeed48d1f73b706 (patch) | |
tree | 04e3f5e265235cba2a6293ce4737299fd52c276a /INSTALL | |
parent | f091140ab6d0ccb411960b3b28ad6f37ad78e0f9 (diff) | |
download | gpsd-6232ffb6484695c100bb8552caeed48d1f73b706.tar.gz |
INSTALL: typo touchups.
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ = GPSD Installation Instructions = :title: GPSD Installation Instructions -:description: Here are the steps for installing GPSD and verifying its performance. +:description: Steps for installing GPSD and verifying its performance. :keywords: GPSD, GPS, installation :author: Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> :robots:index,follow @@ -105,13 +105,13 @@ separately as libtinfo5 or libtinfo. === Install your distributions package(s) === -Up-to-date gpsd packages are generally available for Linux -distributions including Debian and derivatives (including Ubuntu and -Mint), Fedora and derivatives (including CentOS), openSUSE, PCLinuxOS, -Mageia, and Slackware. In the embedded space, CeroWRT carries -GPSD. The GPSD package in the FreeBSD ports tree is also reliably up -to date. Even if your distribution is not on this list, it is quite -likely GPSD has already been packaged for it. +Up-to-date gpsd packages are generally available for Linux distributions +including Debian and derivatives (including Ubuntu and Mint), Fedora and +derivatives (including CentOS), openSUSE, PCLinuxOS, Mageia, Gentoo, and +Slackware. In the embedded space, CeroWRT and Yocto carry GPSD. The +GPSD package in the FreeBSD ports tree is also reliably up to date. +Even if your distribution is not on this list, it is quite likely GPSD +has already been packaged for it. Whatever distribution you are running, the name of the core GPSD package containing the service daemon is almost certainly "gpsd". @@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ watcher modes. You should see lines beginning with '{' that are JSON objects representing reports from your GPS; these are reports in GPSD protocol. -4. Start the xgps or cgps client. Calling it with no arguments should -do the right thing. You should see a display panel with +4. Start the xgps or cgps client. Calling it with no arguments +should do the right thing. You should see a display panel with position/velocity-time information, and a satellite display. The displays won't look very interesting until the GPS acquires satellite lock. @@ -166,11 +166,11 @@ us information to add a new line to the table. Directions are included on that page. We can also use updates of the latest version number known to work with hardware already supported. -3. GPSD includes a PHP script that you can use to generate a PHP -status page for your GPS if you wish. (It may not be in the core -package.) It should be manually copied to your HTTP document directory. -The first time it's invoked, it will generate a file called -'gpsd_config.inc' in that directory containing configuration +3. GPSD includes gpsd.php, a PHP script, that you can use to generate +a PHP status page for your GPS if you wish. (It may not be in the +core package.) It should be manually copied to your HTTP document +directory. The first time it's invoked, it will generate a file +called 'gpsd_config.inc' in that directory containing configuration information; edit to taste. 4. There are other non-essential scripts that may be useful; these @@ -331,8 +331,6 @@ install, as noted in the file *build.txt* . === Other Raspberry Pi tips === -Note: this does not apply to the RasPi3. - Any USB connected GPS that is known to work with gpsd will work fine on the RasPi. No special instructions apply. @@ -355,7 +353,7 @@ Reboot so those changes take effect. Run gpsd like this: -------------------------------------------------------------- -~ # gpsd -D 5 -N -n /dev/ttyAMA0/dev/pps0 +~ # gpsd -D 5 -N -n /dev/ttyAMA0 /dev/pps0 -------------------------------------------------------------- If you are on the RasPi with gpsd version 3.17, or above, /dev/pps0 can |