How To Install gpsbabel on Fedora 34

gpsbabel is A tool to convert between various formats used by GPS devices

Introduction

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

What is gpsbabel

Converts GPS waypoint, route, and track data from one format type to another.

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

Install gpsbabel 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 gpsbabel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gpsbabel

Install gpsbabel 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 gpsbabel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gpsbabel

How To Uninstall gpsbabel on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove gpsbabel

gpsbabel Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/gpsbabel
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/58
/usr/lib/.build-id/58/a1c84903cd3c20993acf7ccee4a3ad7507ca5b
/usr/share/doc/gpsbabel
/usr/share/doc/gpsbabel/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gpsbabel/README.contrib
/usr/share/doc/gpsbabel/README.igc
/usr/share/doc/gpsbabel/README.mapconverter
/usr/share/doc/gpsbabel/README.md
/usr/share/doc/gpsbabel/README.xmapwpt
/usr/share/doc/gpsbabel/gpsbabel.html
/usr/share/doc/gpsbabel/gpsbabel.org-style3.css
/usr/share/licenses/gpsbabel
/usr/share/licenses/gpsbabel/COPYING

References

Summary

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