GarminExpress

[Patrick Dupre]

Hello,

It seems that sources are available for GarminExpress

https://developer.garmin.com/open-source/linux/

But there is no instructions for the installation (i.e., after the untar)
Did see somebody already tried to install it?

Thanks

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[Samuel Sieb]

On 1/17/21 2:03 AM, Patrick Dupre wrote:
>  It seems that sources are available for GarminExpress
>  
>  https://developer.garmin.com/open-source/linux/
>  
>  But there is no instructions for the installation (i.e., after the untar)
>  Did see somebody already tried to install it? 
You raised my hopes only to dash them.   That's not Garmin Express, 
that's the GPL sources for the various devices.  Unless you're seeing 
something there that I'm not.  Which tarball did you get?

[Patrick Dupre]

>  On 1/17/21 2:03 AM, Patrick Dupre wrote:
>  > It seems that sources are available for GarminExpress
>  >
>  > https://developer.garmin.com/open-source/linux/
>  >
>  > But there is no instructions for the installation (i.e., after the untar)
>  > Did see somebody already tried to install it?
>
>  You raised my hopes only to dash them.   That's not Garmin Express,
>  that's the GPL sources for the various devices.  Unless you're seeing
>  something there that I'm not.  Which tarball did you get?
>  _______________________________________________ 
nuvi_2585_tw-V4.50-sources.tar.bz2

[Samuel Sieb]

On 1/18/21 12:19 AM, Patrick Dupre wrote:
> >
> > On 1/17/21 2:03 AM, Patrick Dupre wrote:
> >> It seems that sources are available for GarminExpress
> >>
> >> https://developer.garmin.com/open-source/linux/
> >>
> >> But there is no instructions for the installation (i.e., after the untar)
> >> Did see somebody already tried to install it?
> >
> > You raised my hopes only to dash them.   That's not Garmin Express,
> > that's the GPL sources for the various devices.  Unless you're seeing
> > something there that I'm not.  Which tarball did you get?
> > _______________________________________________
>  nuvi_2585_tw-V4.50-sources.tar.bz2 
That's really funny, because that's the one I looked at too, because 
that's the one for my GPS.

What are you trying to do with it?  Those are the GPL sources for the 
kernel, iptables, busybox, etc.  You aren't likely going to be able to 
build a new firmware for the GPS and if you could it won't have the 
actual interface software.

Garmin Express is the software for loading new files on the GPS. 
Unfortunately, it is not open at all and doesn't run on Linux.

[edward]

On 2021-01-18 02:31, Samuel Sieb wrote:
>  On 1/18/21 12:19 AM, Patrick Dupre wrote:
> >>
> >> On 1/17/21 2:03 AM, Patrick Dupre wrote:
> >>> It seems that sources are available for GarminExpress
> >>>
> >>> https://developer.garmin.com/open-source/linux/
> >>>
> >>> But there is no instructions for the installation (i.e., after the 
> >>> untar)
> >>> Did see somebody already tried to install it?
> >>
> >> You raised my hopes only to dash them.   That's not Garmin Express,
> >> that's the GPL sources for the various devices.  Unless you're seeing
> >> something there that I'm not.  Which tarball did you get?
> >> _______________________________________________
> > nuvi_2585_tw-V4.50-sources.tar.bz2
>
>  That's really funny, because that's the one I looked at too, because 
>  that's the one for my GPS.
>
>  What are you trying to do with it?  Those are the GPL sources for the 
>  kernel, iptables, busybox, etc.  You aren't likely going to be able to 
>  build a new firmware for the GPS and if you could it won't have the 
>  actual interface software.
>
>  Garmin Express is the software for loading new files on the GPS. 
>  Unfortunately, it is not open at all and doesn't run on Linux.
>  
    it may be doable with using wine on linux

https://www.garmingpsmapupdate.com/blogs/garmin-express-linux-a-complete-...

[Samuel Sieb]

On 1/17/21 11:38 PM, edward via users wrote:
>  
>  On 2021-01-18 02:31, Samuel Sieb wrote:
> > On 1/18/21 12:19 AM, Patrick Dupre wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On 1/17/21 2:03 AM, Patrick Dupre wrote:
> >>>> It seems that sources are available for GarminExpress
> >>>>
> >>>> https://developer.garmin.com/open-source/linux/
> >>>>
> >>>> But there is no instructions for the installation (i.e., after the 
> >>>> untar)
> >>>> Did see somebody already tried to install it?
> >>>
> >>> You raised my hopes only to dash them.   That's not Garmin Express,
> >>> that's the GPL sources for the various devices.  Unless you're
> seeing
> >>> something there that I'm not.  Which tarball did you get?
> >>> _______________________________________________
> >> nuvi_2585_tw-V4.50-sources.tar.bz2
> >
> > That's really funny, because that's the one I looked at too, because 
> > that's the one for my GPS.
> >
> > What are you trying to do with it?  Those are the GPL sources for the 
> > kernel, iptables, busybox, etc.  You aren't likely going to be able to 
> > build a new firmware for the GPS and if you could it won't have the 
> > actual interface software.
> >
> > Garmin Express is the software for loading new files on the GPS. 
> > Unfortunately, it is not open at all and doesn't run on Linux.
> >
>      it may be doable with using wine on linux
>  
>
> https://www.garmingpsmapupdate.com/blogs/garmin-express-linux-a-complete-...
>  
I'll take a look, but I followed a different guide yesterday and it 
didn't work.  The installer said it couldn't install for some reason.