How To Install foxtrotgps on Fedora 34

foxtrotgps is GTK+ mapping and GPS application

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install foxtrotgps on Fedora 34.

What is foxtrotgps

FoxtrotGPS is an easy-to-use graphical tool that can be used to track the position of a GPS receiver on a map in relation to user-defined points of interest (POIs), a destination and waypoints, and tracks loaded from files or internet routing-services. FoxtrotGPS also allows internet-connected users to share their position with other users and send messages. By default it uses map data from the OpenStreetMap.org project; additionally a variety of other repositories can easily be added.

We can use yum or dnf to install foxtrotgps on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install foxtrotgps.

Install foxtrotgps on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install foxtrotgps using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install foxtrotgps

Install foxtrotgps on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install foxtrotgps using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install foxtrotgps

How To Uninstall foxtrotgps on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the foxtrotgps package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove foxtrotgps

foxtrotgps Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/convert2gpx
/usr/bin/convert2osm
/usr/bin/foxtrotgps
/usr/bin/georss2foxtrotgps-poi
/usr/bin/gpx2osm
/usr/bin/osb2foxtrot
/usr/bin/poi2osm
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ab
/usr/lib/.build-id/ab/c598328254e056fe062d67b749b85a879b657b
/usr/share/GConf/gsettings/org.foxtrotgps.convert
/usr/share/applications/foxtrotgps.desktop
/usr/share/doc/foxtrotgps
/usr/share/doc/foxtrotgps/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/foxtrotgps/HACKING
/usr/share/doc/foxtrotgps/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/foxtrotgps/README.osb2foxtrot
/usr/share/foxtrotgps
/usr/share/foxtrotgps/foxtrotgps.glade
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.foxtrotgps.gschema.xml
/usr/share/info/foxtrotgps.info.gz
/usr/share/licenses/foxtrotgps
/usr/share/licenses/foxtrotgps/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/foxtrotgps.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/foxtrotgps.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/foxtrotgps.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/foxtrotgps.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/foxtrotgps.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/foxtrotgps.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/foxtrotgps.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/foxtrotgps.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/foxtrotgps.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/foxtrotgps.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/foxtrotgps.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/foxtrotgps.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/foxtrotgps.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/foxtrotgps.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/foxtrotgps.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/convert2gpx.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/convert2osm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/foxtrotgps.1.gz
/usr/share/pixmaps/foxtrotgps-friend.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/foxtrotgps-myposition.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/foxtrotgps-photo.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/foxtrotgps-poi.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/foxtrotgps-wp.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/foxtrotgps.png

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install foxtrotgps on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.