Ubuntu Lucid shipped with a version of gpsd which is incompatible with the
old version of gpsdrive they also shipped. Here are self-made .debs for
Ubuntu Lucid Lynx 10.04 of the latest stable svn branch. It has been reported
that these work fine with Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick as well.

First you will need to install some prerequisites:

apt-get update
apt-get install gpsd gpsd-clients python-gps espeak gdal-bin gpsbabel \
   graphicsmagick-imagemagick-compat postgresql-8.4-postgis \
   python-mapnik speech-dispatcher sqlite3 sqlitebrowser  libgeos-3.1.0 \
   libboost-serialization1.40.0 libboost-date-time1.40.0

(there are probably more, dpkg will let you know)


Then install all the self-made .debs with:

dpkg -i gpsdrive*.deb openstreetmap-map*.deb



It is hoped that http://gpsdrive.de/ubuntu/dists/ will soon host semi-official
builds, and when that happens these files will be removed.


H.Bowman
9 June 2010