gpsd
brew install gpsd
v3.27.5
BSD-2-Clause
Global Positioning System (GPS) daemon
57
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Build dependencies
Links
- https://gpsd.gitlab.io/gpsd/
- Brew formula source: Formula/g/gpsd.rb
Caveats
gpsd does not automatically detect GPS device addresses. Once started, you need to force it to connect to your GPS: GPSD_SOCKET="$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/var/gpsd.sock" $HOMEBREW_CELLAR/gpsd/3.27.5/sbin/gpsdctl add /dev/tty.usbserial-XYZ
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