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Installing garmin express in linux with wine
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First we start by creating a wineprefix and installing our prerequisites from terminal:

WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=/home/$USER/GarminExpress winetricks dotnet452 vcrun2010 corefonts
WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=/home/$USER/GarminExpress winetricks win7

Note: You will be prompted during the setup for .NET installation just hit next and finish. Also, I like to seperate win7 after the prerequisites are setup to make sure the wineprefix runs in Windows 7 mode.

With that out of the way we need to download and install our GarminExpress.exe Setup executable. I downloaded mine from https://www.garmin.com/en-US/software/express

Run the GarminExpress.exe file in our wine prefix

WINEPREFIX=/home/$USER/GarminExpress wine explorer /desktop=garmin,1366x768 /home/$USER/Downloads/GarminExpress.exe

Note: If you downloaded the GarminExpress.exe to another location replace it above

Modify your shortcut to be the following command

WINEPREFIX=/home/$USER/GarminExpress wine explorer /desktop=garmin,1366x768 ‘/home/$USER/GarminExpress/drive_c/Program Files/Garmin/Express/express.exe’

Upon Launch you should see this screen which should recognize your Garmin device

@akontsevich

akontsevich commented May 29, 2025

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I just wanted to transfer music and then it was enough to just plug the watch into Linux, mount the watch and copy files to the Musicfolder.

App is necessary to install BirdEye or update firmware.

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fre-ros commented May 30, 2025

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I just wanted to transfer music and then it was enough to just plug the watch into Linux, mount the watch and copy files to the Musicfolder.

App is necessary to install BirdEye or update firmware.

Yes, I just wanted to chime in that it was not needed if one just want to copy music.

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Neo2SHYAlien commented Sep 15, 2026

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I had successful installation with winetricks dotnet472 vcrun2012 corefonts d3dcompiler_47

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technics42 commented Sep 15, 2026

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Did you also try to transfer data to device connected via USB?

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Neo2SHYAlien commented Sep 16, 2026

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Did you also try to transfer data to device connected via USB?

Nope I face issues with wow64 mode of wine (I don't have wine32). But still dotnet472 is required for most recent version of Garmin Express also and Windows 10. With dotnet452 install fails. Tested multiple times

Windows
Windows 10 or newer, Microsoft .NET 4.7.2 (included)
1024 x 768 display, USB port and 1 GB RAM

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