gpsbabel command not found

Introduction

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

gpsbabel: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: gpsbabel: command not found

Solutions to gpsbabel: command not found

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

In Ubuntu gpsbabel is provided by gpsbabel package.

gpsbabel is:

GPSBabel converts waypoints, tracks, and routes from one format to another, whether that format is a common mapping format like Delorme, Streets and Trips, or even a serial upload or download to a GPS unit such as those from Garmin and Magellan.

GPSBabel supports dozens of data formats and will be useful for tasks such as geocaching, mapping, and converting from one GPS unit to another. Among the interesting formats it supports are several GPS devices via a serial link, various PDA-based mapping programs, and various Geocaching data formats.

Among others GPSBabel supports the following formats:

CSV, Custom CSV DNA, EasyGPS Binary, Fugawi, Garmin serial, Geocaching.com loc, GPSDrive, GPX, Holux, IGC, Magellan serial, Magellan SD, Mapopolis.Com Mapconverter, Mapsource, Maptech, Microsoft Streets and Trips, NIMA/GNIS Geographic Names, NMEA sentences, OziExplorer, Tab-separated data, Topo by National Geographic, xcsv

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

sudo apt-get -y install gpsbabel

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

You can also use apt command to install gpsbabel.

sudo apt -y install gpsbabel

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

sudo aptitude install gpsbabel

Summary

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