How To Install garmintools on Fedora 34

garmintools is Tools for Garmin GPS-devices Tools for Garmin GPS-devices

Introduction

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

What is `garmintools`

This software provides Linux users with the ability to communicate with the Garmin Forerunner 305 via the USB interface. It implements all of the documented Garmin protocols as of Rev C (May 19, 2006) over the USB physical link. This means that if you have a Garmin with a USB connection to a PC, you ought to be able to use this software to communicate with it. garmintools 0.10 19.fc34 x86_64 97 k garmintools-0.10-19.fc34.src.rpm fedora Tools for Garmin GPS-devices https GPLv2+ This software provides Linux users with the ability to communicate with the Garmin Forerunner 305 via the USB interface. It implements all of the documented Garmin protocols as of Rev C (May 19, 2006) over the USB physical link. This means that if you have a Garmin with a USB connection to a PC, you ought to be able to use this software to communicate with it.

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

Install garmintools 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 garmintools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install garmintools

Install garmintools 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 garmintools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install garmintools

How To Uninstall garmintools on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove garmintools

garmintools Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/modprobe.d/garmintools.conf
/etc/udev/rules.d/51-garmin.rules
/usr/bin/fore2gmn
/usr/bin/garmin_dump
/usr/bin/garmin_gchart
/usr/bin/garmin_get_info
/usr/bin/garmin_gmap
/usr/bin/garmin_gpx
/usr/bin/garmin_save_runs
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/11
/usr/lib/.build-id/11/9e45c1c815105146267303a4c56103e48c595f
/usr/lib/.build-id/16
/usr/lib/.build-id/16/92286e1c68adb9e49537995e607141ff6f98f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/45
/usr/lib/.build-id/45/90536f53e0c146d3bb45ae2c59659796cea7b3
/usr/lib/.build-id/48
/usr/lib/.build-id/48/738dee25a40774953ae0f4854caf992077b341
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a/0d3693032b16d932dc90175ca5e23f2d1e2c05
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c/51f41764d7f7cc6e468d7584381c2b175ed34c
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2/9679de8348858e53309d9b32768f767477c155
/usr/lib/libgarmintools.so.4
/usr/lib/libgarmintools.so.4.2.0
/usr/share/doc/garmintools
/usr/share/doc/garmintools/README
/usr/share/licenses/garmintools
/usr/share/licenses/garmintools/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/garmin_dump.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/garmin_get_info.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/garmin_gmap.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/garmin_gpx.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/garmin_save_runs.1.gz
/etc/modprobe.d/garmintools.conf
/etc/udev/rules.d/51-garmin.rules
/usr/bin/fore2gmn
/usr/bin/garmin_dump
/usr/bin/garmin_gchart
/usr/bin/garmin_get_info
/usr/bin/garmin_gmap
/usr/bin/garmin_gpx
/usr/bin/garmin_save_runs
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a/7de0ecba7cd2e9173df768a152b326b8c3d078
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f/6555514d1f43caee677c0bc9bc14ea2c597708
/usr/lib/.build-id/97
/usr/lib/.build-id/97/9243f8cc514e8155b1026ca762cd5451aa45f4
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6/9d0a47620e3a0b867597dd0cb99944e9da4a26
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3/90cca24f33b78cf2f342fcca5cc9d5caa3c528
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8/95d9bd95a4c243deaf953aa5ed222440379a38
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0/bfd119215042978061017ecc27ae9fe66054d2
/usr/lib64/libgarmintools.so.4
/usr/lib64/libgarmintools.so.4.2.0
/usr/share/doc/garmintools
/usr/share/doc/garmintools/README
/usr/share/licenses/garmintools
/usr/share/licenses/garmintools/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/garmin_dump.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/garmin_get_info.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/garmin_gmap.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/garmin_gpx.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/garmin_save_runs.1.gz

References

[garmintools website](https://garmintools.googlecode.com https://garmintools.googlecode.com)

Summary

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