GDK Installation
Red Hat 8 and CentOS 8
Install
Adding the package repository is a prerequisite to continue.
Install GDK Package
$ sudo dnf 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 dnf remove gdk
Upgrading
To upgrade GDK to the newest release, use the following command.
$ sudo dnf upgrade gdk
List All Versions
Galil keeps older versions of GDK available for users. To list all versions use the following command.
$ dnf list gdk --showduplicates
Example output:
[user@localhost ~]$ dnf list gdk --showduplicates Last metadata expiration check: 0:33:00 ago on Tue 05 May 2020 09:31:04 AM PDT. Available Packages gdk.x86_64 1.0.25.665-1 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 [user@localhost ~]$
Installing Older Versions
Append the desired version's information after the package name.
$ sudo dnf install gdk-<version>
Example
$ sudo dnf install gdk-1.0.25.670-1 Last metadata expiration check: 0:01:20 ago on Fri 05 Jun 2020 09:17:20 AM PDT. Dependencies resolved. ====================================================================================================================== Package Architecture Version Repository Size ====================================================================================================================== Downgrading: gcapsd x86_64 184-1 galil 727 k gclib x86_64 501-1 galil 1.7 M gdk x86_64 1.0.25.670-1 galil 75 M Transaction Summary ====================================================================================================================== Downgrade 3 Packages Total download size: 77 M Is this ok [y/N]: