GDK Installation
Red Hat 7 and CentOS 7
Install
Adding the package repository is a prerequisite to continue.
Install GDK Package
$ sudo yum install gdk
Launch GDK
$ gdk &
PCI
For a Galil PCI controller, e.g. DMC-1800, 1802, 1806, or 1417, see the gclib installation instructions for building the PCI driver.
Install nss-mdns
With a fresh install of GDK/gclib you won't be able to use GDK Connect until the nss-mdns package is installed.
$ sudo yum install epel-release
$ sudo yum install nss-mdns
Uninstall
To uninstall GDK, use the following command.
$ sudo yum remove gdk
Upgrading
To upgrade GDK to the newest release, use the following command.
$ sudo yum upgrade gdk
List All Versions
Galil keeps older versions of GDK available for users. To list all versions use the following command.
$ yum list gdk --showduplicates
Example
$ yum list gdk --showduplicates Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: centos-distro.1gservers.com * epel: sjc.edge.kernel.org * extras: mirror.shastacoe.net * updates: mirrors.oit.uci.edu Available Packages gdk.x86_64 1.0.14.531-1 galil gdk.x86_64 1.0.15.543-1 galil gdk.x86_64 1.0.16.566-1 galil gdk.x86_64 1.0.16.581-1 galil gdk.x86_64 1.0.17.584-1 galil gdk.x86_64 1.0.18.601-1 galil gdk.x86_64 1.0.19.604-1 galil gdk.x86_64 1.0.20.611-1 galil gdk.x86_64 1.0.21.621-1 galil gdk.x86_64 1.0.21.623-1 galil gdk.x86_64 1.0.21.625-1 galil gdk.x86_64 1.0.21.626-1 galil gdk.x86_64 1.0.21.629-1 galil gdk.x86_64 1.0.22.634-1 galil gdk.x86_64 1.0.22.635-1 galil gdk.x86_64 1.0.23.645-1 galil gdk.x86_64 1.0.23.646-1 galil gdk.x86_64 1.0.24.655-1 galil gdk.x86_64 1.0.25.658-1 galil gdk.x86_64 1.0.25.661-1 galil gdk.x86_64 1.0.25.663-1 galil gdk.x86_64 1.0.25.665-1 galil gdk.x86_64 1.0.25.666-1 galil gdk.x86_64 1.0.25.669-1 galil gdk.x86_64 1.0.25.670-1 galil gdk.x86_64 1.0.25.677-1 galil gdk.x86_64 1.0.25.680-1 galil
Installing Older Versions
Append the desired version's information after the package name.
$ sudo yum install gdk-<version>
Example
[user@localhost ~]$ sudo yum install gdk-1.0.25.670-1 Last metadata expiration check: 3:10:47 ago on Tue 05 May 2020 06:56:06 AM PDT. Dependencies resolved. ================================================================================================== Package Architecture Version Repository Size ================================================================================================== Installing: gdk x86_64 1.0.25.670-1 galil-gdk 75 M Installing dependencies: gcapsd x86_64 184-1 galil-gcapsd 727 k gclib x86_64 501-1 galil-gclib 1.7 M Transaction Summary ================================================================================================== Install 3 Packages Total download size: 77 M Installed size: 253 M Is this ok [y/N]:
Downgrading to Older Version
If a newer version of GDK is already installed, use the downgrade option.
$ sudo yum downgrade gdk-<version> gclib-<version> gcapsd-<version>
If you don't know the gclib and gcaps versions, you can look them up with repoquery.
Example
$ repoquery --requires gdk-1.0.111.695-1 | grep "gclib =" gclib = 527 $ repoquery --requires gdk-1.0.111.695-1 | grep "gcapsd =" gcapsd = 178
sudo yum downgrade gdk-1.0.111.695-1 gclib-527 gcapsd-178