IRODS: Getting Started

The latest release of IRODS is 4.2.8. However, it is preferable to download and install 4.2.7 as some of the plugins needed for additional features in IRODS are only available up to 4.2.7 release.

Enable repositories

$ sudo yum install epel-release wget
$ sudo rpm --import https://packages.irods.org/irods-signing-key.asc
$ wget -qO - https://packages.irods.org/renci-irods.yum.repo | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/renci-irods.yum.repo

Set up Postgresql

• Mysql can also be used

$ yum install postgresql-server postgresql-contrib $ sudo postgresql-setup initdb $ sudo systemctl enable postgresql $ sudo systemctl start postgresql