How To Install garmintools on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install garmintools on CentOS 7.
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.
We can use yum or dnf to install garmintools on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install garmintools.
Install garmintools on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install garmintools using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install garmintools
Install garmintools on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install garmintools using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install garmintools
How To Uninstall garmintools on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the garmintools package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove garmintools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install garmintools on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
