See the installation page for supported versions.
On Red Hat, gclib is distributed in an RPM repository. The following steps can be performed to install gclib.
This step installs Galil's RPM repositories and only needs to be done once.
Install gclib package, approve "Installed size" and "Importing GPG key", if prompted.
$ sudo yum install gclib
To uninstall gclib.
$ sudo yum remove gclib
If access to the serial ports or USB (e.g. DMC-4103) is desired through gclib, the following will provide steps to join the correct access group. If using USB, be sure the controller is powered and the usb is plugged in before beginning.
$ ls -l /dev/ttyUSB* /dev/ttyS* crw-rw----. 1 root dialout 4, 64 Mar 3 16:39 /dev/ttyS0 crw-rw----. 1 root dialout 4, 65 Mar 3 16:39 /dev/ttyS1 crw-rw----. 1 root dialout 4, 66 Mar 3 16:39 /dev/ttyS2 crw-rw----. 1 root dialout 4, 67 Mar 3 16:39 /dev/ttyS3 crw-rw----. 1 root dialout 188, 0 Mar 6 11:08 /dev/ttyUSB0
In the above listing, dialout is the group that needs to be joined. uucp is another common group that may be listed.
$ sudo gpasswd -a username dialout [sudo] password for username: Adding user username to group dialout
Log out and back in for change to take effect.
$ groups username wheel dialout
gclib can now connect to serial and usb devices from user username.
If using a Galil PCI controller, the PCI driver must be installed.
$ sudo yum install kernel-devel-$(uname -r) $ sudo yum install kernel-headers-$(uname -r) $ sudo yum install gcc
$ tar -xf /usr/share/doc/gclib/src/gclib_202_pci.tar.gz $ make
$ sudo cp galilpci.ko /lib/modules/$(uname -r) $ sudo depmod $ sudo modprobe galilpci
$ sudo groupadd -f -K GID_MIN=100 -K GID_MAX=499 galil $ sudo cp 90-galilpci.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/ $ sudo udevadm control --reload-rules $ sudo udevadm trigger $ sudo usermod -a -G galil username #exchange "username" with actual user's name
Logout and back in. The PCI hardware is now available for access.
$ ls -l /dev/galil* crw-rw---- 1 root galil 10, 56 Jun 9 11:07 /dev/galilpci0 $ echo -e "\x12\x16\r" > /dev/galilpci0 $ cat /dev/galilpci0 DMC1846 Rev 1.1a :
The documentation is left as a tarball to minimize disk usage. The latest release version of the user manual is available at the following link.
The following allows viewing of the html docs from the installation.
$ tar -xzf /usr/share/doc/gclib/gclib_132_doc.tar.gz html $ firefox html/index.html
There may be a pdf shipped in the package. The following allows viewing of the pdf docs from the installation.
$ tar -xzf /usr/share/doc/gclib/gclib_132_doc.tar.gz gclib_132.pdf $ evince gclib_132.pdf