Information about the package, garmintools, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The garmintools package is designed for, Tools for Garmin GPS-devices.
Package Name:
garmintools
Summary:
Tools for Garmin GPS-devices
Description:
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.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.10
Release:
7.el6
Size:
74 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the garmintools package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install garmintools
This command will install garmintools on the server.
yum remove garmintools
This command will un-install garmintools on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove garmintools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove garmintools
This command will un-install garmintools on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove garmintools when using the -y flag.
yum update garmintools
This command will update garmintools to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove garmintools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update garmintools
This command will update garmintools to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove garmintools when using the -y flag.
yum info garmintools
This command will show you core information about the garmintools package.
yum deplist garmintools
This command will show you the dependencies for garmintools. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update garmintools
This command will check if there is an update waiting on garmintools. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.