Information about the package, gpsbabel, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The gpsbabel package is designed for, A tool to convert between various formats used by GPS devices.
Package Name:
gpsbabel
Summary:
A tool to convert between various formats used by GPS devices
Description:
Converts GPS waypoint, route, and track data from one format type to another.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.5.0
Release:
3.el6
Size:
779 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the gpsbabel package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install gpsbabel
This command will install gpsbabel on the server.
yum remove gpsbabel
This command will un-install gpsbabel on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gpsbabel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove gpsbabel
This command will un-install gpsbabel 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 gpsbabel when using the -y flag.
yum update gpsbabel
This command will update gpsbabel to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gpsbabel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update gpsbabel
This command will update gpsbabel 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 gpsbabel when using the -y flag.
yum info gpsbabel
This command will show you core information about the gpsbabel package.
yum deplist gpsbabel
This command will show you the dependencies for gpsbabel. 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 gpsbabel
This command will check if there is an update waiting on gpsbabel. 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.