We have also covered this inĪ few other articles. We’re not going to spend a ton of time on this part since the instructions are the same regardless of what kind of computer you are using.
How to create a bootable USB stick on MacOS
How to create a bootable USB stick on Windows How to burn an installation DVD on Windows If you are using an older version of Windows or a Mac, this documentation from Ubuntu might help: These instructions assume you are starting out with a machine running Windows 7/8/10 (not necessarily the same one you plan to install Ubuntu on). We’ll include instructions for all of that. It works on all of them, but some MKs require more tinkering to get up and running. We’ve tested Ubuntu on the Toughbook CF-31 MK1, MK2, MK3, MK4 and MK5. We’ll be installing Ubuntu version 20.04, the latest stable release at the time of this writing, but if you want to try one of the related distros like Kubuntu or Lubuntu, the steps are roughly the same. It’s stable and well supported, robust, but still lighter weight than Windows. Whether you’re just dipping your toe in the water or you’re already an enthusiast, you can’t go wrong with Ubuntu. One of the most popular and user-friendly Linux distros is called Ubuntu. A distro contains the user interface and any necessary applications. They can be purchased from gpswebshop.Linux operating systems come in many flavors known as distributions, or “distros” for short. We have tested the below USB GPS/GNSS receivers
For example, below shows the “Marble” application running on Linux which gets GPS data from "gpsd". Now your GPS applications can make use of "gpsd" to acquire GPS data. Is included in the "gpsd" config file above. To make gpsd automatic startup on boot, u pdate the /etc/default/gpsd file a below Xgps should look similar to this when the GPS signal is available. To Install gpsd-clients, open another terminal session & typeĪbove screenshot shows the " gpsd-clients" has been successfully installed. Now type xgps is included in the gpsd-clients package. It is not mandatory but good to confirm that. Now the GPS signal should be available for applications. To start the gpsd in interactive mode, type the below command. If you are confident the GPS is already working properly, just skip this section and go to section 4. The computer responded with something like the below screenshot. Furthermore, “gpsd” shares the GPS receiver to all applications running on this Linux machine. In Linux, if you set up the “gpsd” properly with GPS receivers hardware, most GPS location aware applications can get the GPS data by calling “gpsd”. It manages USB GPS devices so the applications don't have to. “gpsd” is used to connect applications with the GPS receiver hardware. The next step of installation is to bind the “gpsd” daemon to the GPS receiver so that the applications running on Linux can access the GPS receiver through the “gpsd” daemon. If you can see the above, which means your GPS receiver works with your Linux computer. The GPS input stream shows similar to the below To further verify if the GPS has been bound to this folder. You will see the “/dev/ttyACM0” has been created automatically. Plug in the GPS receiverĪfter plugging in a GPS / GNSS receiver through the USB port, your GPS should be automatically configured. Possibly there might be a slight difference if you are using another Linux distribution, but they should be very similar. I created this step by step instructions on Ubuntu.