gpsbabelfe command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix gpsbabelfe command not found error message

Introduction

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

gpsbabelfe: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: gpsbabelfe: command not found

Solutions to gpsbabelfe: command not found

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

In Ubuntu gpsbabelfe is provided by gpsbabel-gui package.

gpsbabel-gui 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.

This package contains gpsbabelfe, a QT based frontend for gpsbabel.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gpsbabel-gui

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

You can also use apt command to install gpsbabel-gui.

sudo apt -y install gpsbabel-gui

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

sudo aptitude install gpsbabel-gui

Summary

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