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Installation

In Unix and Linux systems access to the serial port is restricted. This means that either there is a program to lock the port with super-user privileges, or the permissions of the port are changed to give read/write access to a group of users or to all users. The latter is dangerous in that it creates security problems. In any case super-user privileges are needed to install the software or to give access to the serial port group.

Debian and other Linux distribution packages

The installation is done as with other such packages and there is no need for manual configuration. Users of GPSMan must belong to the group that owns the serial port to be used (normally dialout).

The program is launched by calling gpsman that may have no arguments or a single argument with the path to the serial port device, in which case the graphical interface will be used, or 2 or more arguments, in which case the command line mode will be entered.

Other Unix and Linux systems

After unpacking the files, using tar xzvf gpsman-6.1.1.tgz, the GPSMan main file, gpsman.tcl, should be edited for configuration (see below) and put where it can be executed. The other GPSMan files should go into the directory whose path is given at the beginning of gpsman.tcl.

The program is launched by calling gpsman.tcl that may have no arguments or a single argument with the path to the serial port device, in which case the graphical interface will be used, or 2 or more arguments, in which case the command line mode will be entered.

The package includes a file gpsman.sh in the util directory that is a shell script to call gpsman.tcl in graphical mode with no need to give the serial port as argument. This file should be edited for configuration and placed where its can be executed.

Other systems

After unpacking the gpsman-6.1.1.zip archive the GPSMan main file, gpsman.tcl, should be edited for configuration (see below) and put where it can be executed. The other GPSMan files should go into the directory whose path is given at the beginning of gpsman.tcl.


GPSMan User Manual
©Miguel Filgueiras, mig_at_ncc.up.pt, DCC-FC & LIACC, Universidade do Porto, 2004

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