gpsbabel is used for binary formats like

• Alan Map 500 Waypoints and Routes (*.wpr)
• Microsoft AutoRoute 2002 to 2006 (*.axe)
• Garmin MapSource 6.x (*.gdb)

and rare formats like

• National Geographic Topo 3 to 4 (.tpo)

All in all about 17 formats use gpsbabel.

Although RouteConverter contains a gpsbabel binary, the best approach is to install the gpsbabel from your Linux distribution.

RouteConverter does the following lookup to locate gpsbabel:

• the binary defined within the options dialog
• /usr/bin/gpsbabel
• the internal gpsbabel - compiled for IA32 on Ubuntu 8.04

RouteConverter does the following lookup to locate gpsbabel:

• the binary defined within the options dialog
• /usr/bin/gpsbabel
• the internal gpsbabel - compiled for 32 bit Mac OS X 10.5

If the gpsbabel contained in RouteConverter does not work for you, download and install one that fits to your system and configure to path to it within the options dialog.