Commands¶
You may run gsm with commands and additional command-line parameters. This section describes the commands. Parameters are listed in section Command-Line Options. The general syntax is
./gsm [options] [command]
Read the command-line help for the full list of commands and command-line parameters
./gsm -h
check¶
Syntax: gsm check signature [module1…moduleN] args
Checks the gpg signature for a package(s)
./gsm check signature seiscomp
INFO : Verification successfully for file '/home/sysop/install/gsm/packages/seiscomp-6.7.9-rhel-9-x86_64.tar.gz'.
clean¶
Syntax: gsm clean args
Delete the sync folder
./gsm clean dbcache
CLEAN : dbcache ... OK: disk space saved: (/home/sysop/install/gsm/sync, 6.5 MiB)
Delete all downloaded files
./gsm clean packages
CLEAN : packages ... OK: disk space saved: (/home/sysop/install/gsm/packages, 13.8 GiB
Delete all backup files
./gsm clean backup
CLEAN : backup ... OK: disk space saved: (/home/data/gsm/backup, 18.3 GiB
Delete dbcache + packages
./gsm clean all
CLEAN : dbcache ... OK: disk space saved: (/home/sysop/install/gsm/sync, 6.5 MiB)
CLEAN : packages ... OK: disk space saved: (/home/sysop/install/gsm/packages, 13.8 GiB
do-release-upgrade¶
do-release-downgrade¶
hold¶
Syntax: gsm hold [module1…moduleN]
Sometimes it is useful to keep the version of a package fixed. This can be done by setting the package to hold.
Add packages to hold
./gsm hold seiscomp
INFO : Set package seiscomp on hold
Add files to hold
./gsm hold files ~/seiscomp/etc/global.cfg
INFO : Set file /home/sysop/seiscomp/etc/global.cfg on hold
info¶
Syntax: gsm info [module1…moduleN] args
Show installed modules
./gsm info
OS: rhel/9 (x86_64)
Install path: /home/sysop/seiscomp
Package DB path: /home/sysop/install/gsm/local
Installed packages Version Valid until Updates until
------------------ ------- ----------- -------------
gsm 1.6.7 None None
seiscomp 6.7.9 None None
Show installed modules (only package names)
./gsm info short
OS: rhel/9 (x86_64)
Install path: /home/sysop/seiscomp
Package DB path: /home/sysop/install/gsm/local
Installed packages: seiscomp
Show detailed information about an installed module
./gsm info seiscomp
seiscomp
----------
Release : 6
Version : 6.7.9
Documentation : https://docs.gempa.de/seiscomp/current
Architecture : x86_64
Licenses : None
Description : SeisComP including data acquisition, processing, distribution and interactive analysis, version >=4.0.0 (public)
Filename : seiscomp-6.7.9-rhel-9-x86_64.tar.gz
Download size : 62.3 MiB
Installed size : 196.8 MiB
SHA256 : 2d1ef42fe1ebe80e193f1216c8f2b311fdc8b610beaf12380dfc336d303f7833
Build date : 2025-07-04 07:43:04 UTC
Package type : app
Install date : 2025-07-14 06:19:28 UTC
Show all available dependencies (only installed modules)
./gsm info deps seiscomp
Dependency name Package name Install script
----------------- ------------ ----------------------------
base seiscomp install-base.sh
fdsnws seiscomp install-fdsnws.sh
gui seiscomp install-gui.sh
iloc seiscomp install-iloc.sh
mariadb-server seiscomp install-mariadb-server.sh
mysql-server seiscomp install-mysql-server.sh
postgresql-server seiscomp install-postgresql-server.sh
The scripts are located under: /home/sysop/seiscomp/share/deps/rhel/9
install¶
Syntax: gsm install [module1…moduleN] args
Install or update packages. To install a specific package run, e.g.,install gds=2019.287. If no module is provided, all installed modules will be updated.
./gsm install seiscomp
CHECKING [✓] : ACCESS (1/1) : 100%|########################################| 1/1 [00:00<00:00, 5.57it/s]
GET [✓] : seiscomp 6.7.9 : 100%|########################################| 62.3M/62.3M [00:02<00:00, 32.0MB/s]
CHECKSUM [✓] : seiscomp 6.7.9 : 100%|########################################| 62.3M/62.3M [00:00<00:00, 343MB/s]
CHECKING [✓] : CHANGELOG (1/1) : 100%|########################################| 1/1 [00:00<00:00, 4.03it/s]
INSTALL : seiscomp
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]: y
INSTALL [✓] : seiscomp 6.7.9 : 100%|########################################| 2793/2793 [00:01<00:00, 2333.30it/s]
1/1 packages have been installed:
seiscomp (6.7.9) to /home/sysop/seiscomp: 2535 file(s), 196.8 MiB
Dependency name Package name Install script
----------------- ------------ ----------------------------
base seiscomp install-base.sh
fdsnws seiscomp install-fdsnws.sh
gui seiscomp install-gui.sh
iloc seiscomp install-iloc.sh
mariadb-server seiscomp install-mariadb-server.sh
mysql-server seiscomp install-mysql-server.sh
postgresql-server seiscomp install-postgresql-server.sh
The scripts are located under: /home/sysop/seiscomp/share/deps/rhel/9
Install or update the licenses
./gsm install licenses scanloc
GET [✓] : scanloc.crt : 100%|###############################| 15.8k/15.8k [00:00<00:00, 11.5MB/s]
GET [✓] : scanloc-license.txt : 100%|###############################| 10.4k/10.4k [00:00<00:00, 8.07MB/s]
INSTALL [✓] : scanloc license : 100%|###############################| 2/2 [00:00<00:00, 567.41it/s]
migrate¶
Update config schema
./gsm migrate
Running Migration step 0.1 --> 0.2
reinstall¶
Syntax: gsm reinstall [module1…moduleN] args
Reinstall packages. If no module is provided, all installed modules will be reinstalled.
./gsm reinstall seiscomp
CHECKING [✓] : ACCESS (1/1) : 100%|##################################| 1/1 [00:00<00:00, 5.45it/s]
CHECKSUM [✓] : seiscomp 6.7.9 : 100%|##################################| 62.3M/62.3M [00:00<00:00, 354MB/s]
CHECKING [✓] : CHANGELOG (1/1) : 100%|##################################| 1/1 [00:00<00:00, 4.40it/s]
INSTALL : seiscomp=6.7.9
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]: y
INSTALL [✓] : seiscomp 6.7.9 : 100%|##################################| 2793/2793 [00:01<00:00, 2312.00it/s]
1/1 packages have been installed:
seiscomp (6.7.9) to /home/sysop/seiscomp: 2535 file(s), 196.8 MiB
Dependency name Package name Install script
----------------- -------------- ----------------------------
base seiscomp install-base.sh
fdsnws seiscomp install-fdsnws.sh
gui seiscomp install-gui.sh
iloc seiscomp install-iloc.sh
mariadb-server seiscomp install-mariadb-server.sh
mysql-server seiscomp install-mysql-server.sh
postgresql-server seiscomp install-postgresql-server.sh
The scripts are located under: /home/sysop/seiscomp/share/deps/rhel/9
remove¶
Syntax: gsm remove [module1…moduleN] args
Uninstall packages
./gsm remove seiscomp
REMOVE : seiscomp
Do you want to continue? [y/N]: y
REMOVE [✓] : DONE (1/1) : 100%|########################################| 1/1 [00:00<00:00, 7.98it/s]
1/1 packages have been removed:
seiscomp (6.7.9) from /home/sysop/seiscomp: 2559 file(s), 196.8 MiB
search¶
Syntax: gsm search arg
Search the package list for a regex pattern
./gsm search scan
scanloc - Local earthquake monitoring based on clustering and P and S phase picks (commercial)
./gsm search evaluation
gaps-frontends-all - Web frontends for GAPS server including OriginLocatorView (commercial)
kappa - Event classification GUI (commercial)
npeval - Seismic network performance evaluation (commercial)
sceval - Origin evaluation in real time (commercial
setup¶
Run initial setup (required when using for the first time)
See Initial setup
show¶
Syntax: gsm show [module1…moduleN] args
Show all availible packages
./gsm show
Available packages Description
------------------------ -----------
bathymetry Bathymetry files for TOAST (commercial)
caps-dataview CAPS DataView web application featuring 24h plots, spectrograms, spectra, filtered or
unfiltered waveforms (commercial)
...
caps-plugins Collection of plugins for CAPS (commercial)
caps-tools Client tools for CAPS, e.g., capstool or rifftest (commercial)
ccloc Event detector based on cross-correlation with template waveforms (commercial)
deepc Deep Learning Phase Classifier Plugin, uses TorchScript models to classify picks (commercial)
dlbase base package for deep learning packages (public)
dlmodels-class Deep Learning classification models (commercial)
dlmodels-pick Deep Learning picker models (commercial)
dlpick Deep Learning Phase Picker, uses TorchScript models to pick on record streams (commercial)
...
seiscomp SeisComP including data acquisition, processing, distribution and interactive analysis,
version >=4.0.0 (public)
...
Show all packages available in your own repo (not availible in offline mode)
./gsm show own
Package URL: https://data.gempa.de/packages/xxx
Available packages Description
------------------------ -----------
dlbase base package for deep learning packages (public)
elevation GEBCO_2024 global coverage grids (public)
gsm gempa Software Management tool (public)
scrtdd A module for real-time double difference relocation of events (public)
sed-eew Earthquake early warning modules by SED (public)
seiscomp SeisComP including data acquisition, processing, distribution and interactive analysis,
version >=4.0.0 (public)
seiscomp-debug SeisComP including data acquisition, processing, distribution and interactive analysis,
version >=4.0.0 (public)
seiscomp-tools tools by gempa GmbH for public use
Show all public packages
./gsm show public
Package URL: https://data.gempa.de/packages/Public
Available packages Description
------------------------ -----------
dlbase base package for deep learning packages (public)
elevation GEBCO_2024 global coverage grids (public)
gsm gempa Software Management tool (public)
scrtdd A module for real-time double difference relocation of events (public)
sed-eew Earthquake early warning modules by SED (public)
seiscomp SeisComP including data acquisition, processing, distribution and interactive analysis, version >=4.0.0 (public)
seiscomp-debug SeisComP including data acquisition, processing, distribution and interactive analysis, version >=4.0.0 (public)
seiscomp-tools tools by gempa GmbH for public use
Show available SeisComP releases
./gsm show releases
SeisComP releases:
nightly
6*
5
4
Show module changelog
./gsm show seiscomp changelog
# Change Log
All notable changes to SeisComP are documented here.
## 6.7.9
- trunk
- Fix crash if a transfer function is created from a poles and zeros
response with either empty poles or empty zeros caused by a certain
compiler version and configuration.
...
...
Press any button to continue or (Ctrl+C) to cancel....
Show all packages on hold
./gsm show hold
Packages on hold:
seiscomp (6.7.9)
Show possible updates
./gsm show updates
The following packages can be updated:
seiscomp (6.7.8) --> 6.7.9
switch-os¶
sync¶
Syntax: gsm sync args
Synchronize the package index from the source repo
./gsm sync
GET [✓] : core.db : 100%|#############################| 1.81M/1.81M [00:00<00:00, 10.4MB/s]
INSTALL [✓] : core.db : 100%|#############################| 9131/9131 [00:00<00:00, 11072.79it/s]
unhold¶
Syntax: gsm unhold [module1…moduleN]
Remove packages from hold
./gsm unhold seiscomp
INFO : The package seiscomp was removed from hold
Remove files from hold
./gsm unhold files ~/seiscomp/etc/global.cfg
INFO : The file /home/sysop/seiscomp/etc/global.cfg was removed from hold
update¶
Syntax: gsm update args
Synchronize the package index from the source repo and show possible updates
./gsm update
INSTALL [✓] : core.db : 100%|########################################| 9131/9131 [00:00<00:00, 11407.04it/s]
The following packages can be updated:
seiscomp (6.7.8) --> 6.7.9
Do you want to install packages which can be updated? [y/N]: y
CHECKING [✓] : ACCESS (1/1) : 100%|########################################| 1/1 [00:00<00:00, 5.58it/s]
GET [✓] : seiscomp 6.7.9 : 100%|########################################| 62.3M/62.3M [00:02<00:00, 32.0MB/s]
CHECKSUM [✓] : seiscomp 6.7.9 : 100%|########################################| 62.3M/62.3M [00:00<00:00, 379MB/s]
CHECKING [✓] : CHANGELOG (1/1) : 100%|########################################| 1/1 [00:00<00:00, 4.86it/s]
INSTALL [✓] : seiscomp 6.7.9 : 100%|########################################| 2793/2793 [00:01<00:00, 2336.24it/s]
1/1 packages have been installed:
seiscomp (6.7.9) to /home/sysop/seiscomp: 2535 file(s), 196.8 MiB