garmin_save_runs command not found

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

garmin_save_runs: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: garmin_save_runs: command not found

Solutions to garmin_save_runs: command not found

How To Fix garmin_save_runs: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu garmin_save_runs is provided by garmin-forerunner-tools package.

garmin-forerunner-tools is:

This package contains command-line tools to retrieve data from GPS devices from the Garmin Forerunner series (these are wristwatch-like devices that allow you to register your exact itinerary when doing outdoor sports) or the Garmin Edge series (the same for cycling computers). It works with the Forerunner 205 and 305 models and with the Edge 305 model, and possibly others. Track data can be translated into an XML format and into gpx, and into a polyline format for use with Google maps.

In contrast to the gpsbabel software, this software also downloads data specific to usage in sports like maximal speed, lap summary, calorie consumption, etc.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install garmin-forerunner-tools

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install garmin-forerunner-tools.

sudo apt -y install garmin-forerunner-tools

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install garmin-forerunner-tools

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix garmin_save_runs command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.