Following steps from https://gpsd.gitlab.io/gpsd/installation.html gpsd steps: 1. plug it in and type: ls /dev/ttyUSB* the last digit is your device number - could be 0 or 1 or other number. The rest of the commands assume it is 0, so device is /dev/ttyUSB0 2. See if you can get NMEA data out of it (you may need to type it twice to get it to work): sudo stty -F /dev/ttyUSB0 ispeed 4800 && cat