Rolling release. Always indicate which Express version you tested your Wine version against.
Application Details:
| Version: | Rolling/Current |
| License: | Free to use |
| URL: | https://www.garmin.com/en-US/s... |
| Votes: | 1 |
| Latest Rating: | Bronze |
| Latest Wine Version Tested: | 8.0.1 |
Maintainers: About Maintainership
What works
I was able to update maps and GPS software for a Garmin Nüvi 255
What does not
Installation of dotnet framework as part of the installation wizard fails.
There is a UI glitch at startup.
Workarounds
Preinstall the dotnet452 using winetricks in a 32 bit prefix.
Set compatibility mode to win7
Mount manually the GPS as a mass media storage before the software is able to detect it
What was not tested
Other features
Hardware tested
Graphics:
Additional Comments
| Operating system | Test date | Wine version | Installs? | Runs? | Used Workaround? | Rating | Submitter | ||
| Show | Linux Mint 21.1 | Apr 24 2023 | 8.0.1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Bronze | WayneL | |
| Show | Arch Linux x86_64 | Aug 27 2022 | 7.16-staging | Yes | Yes | Yes | Bronze | Alex S. | |
| Show | Fedora 35 x86_64 | Jan 17 2022 | 7.0-rc5-staging | Yes | Yes | Yes | Garbage | birger | |
| Show | Arch Linux | Aug 19 2021 | 6.15-staging | Yes | Yes | Yes | Gold | Alex S. | |
| Show | Linux Mint 19.3 "Tricia" | Mar 01 2021 | 6.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Gold | Daniel Dodson |
The installation is quite basic. Download the installer with the links provided, e.g. to /tmp. Then proceed to create a new prefix somewhere your user has write permissions to, e.g. in /opt/garmin/:
mkdir -p /opt/garmin/ && cd /opt/garmin/ export WINEPREFIX=/opt/garmin/ wineboot -i
Install the .NET Framework 4.7.2 in there. --force is needed to prevent winetricks from not completing installation because some of the dotnet verbs may be broken:
winetricks --force dotnet472
Now execute GarminExpress.exe in there.
wine /tmp/GarminExpress.exe
That's about it, really. I additionally went into the settings and disabled launch on "boot" to remove possible complications this may cause, if any.
To simplify launching you can create a .desktop file and place it into /usr/share/applications/ to be able to launch it with your DE. Otherwise, export the wineprefix and launch:
wine "/opt/garmin/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Garmin/Express/express.exe"
All tested Garmin devices present themselves as mass storage media to Linux, so their file system is browsable. If the issue arises that your device is not detected, check if it's mounted read-write. Not all distributions are configured to auto-mount such media.
