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brew install gpsd v3.27.5 BSD-2-Clause

Global Positioning System (GPS) daemon

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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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