How To Install samba-libs on CentOS 8

samba-libs is Samba libraries Samba libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install samba-libs on CentOS 8.

What is samba-libs

The samba-libs package contains the libraries needed by programs that link against the SMB, RPC and other protocols provided by the Samba suite. samba-libs 4.13.3 3.el8 x86_64 168 k samba-4.13.3-3.el8.src.rpm baseos Samba libraries https GPLv3+ and LGPLv3+ The samba-libs package contains the libraries needed by programs that link against the SMB, RPC and other protocols provided by the Samba suite.

We can use yum or dnf to install samba-libs on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install samba-libs.

Install samba-libs on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install samba-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install samba-libs

Install samba-libs on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install samba-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install samba-libs

How To Uninstall samba-libs on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the samba-libs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove samba-libs

samba-libs Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/05
/usr/lib/.build-id/05/c597f2db9d830cd35a0f42596d2d2fed71c463
/usr/lib/.build-id/1c/59baeb393f951555c84ebf602bfe62791d0feb
/usr/lib/.build-id/33
/usr/lib/.build-id/33/f9b964ad31d23e2c49f6160c40a8c757675015
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c/d89b93eef7a6cca1fc8e091fbfb38bf4a2bccc
/usr/lib/.build-id/78
/usr/lib/.build-id/78/b95531bfa218bb492def6118823cfa512b18b5
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1/73254d1e328ec9df2fee0e0ba28b42b640b930
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9/b6dcad401fede38bcacc99aa835e202204e230
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7/a72ff16a6d8b111d41e6811db3174ed235e7c0
/usr/lib64/libdcerpc-samr.so.0
/usr/lib64/libdcerpc-samr.so.0.0.1
/usr/lib64/samba/libLIBWBCLIENT-OLD-samba4.so
/usr/lib64/samba/libauth-unix-token-samba4.so
/usr/lib64/samba/libauth4-samba4.so
/usr/lib64/samba/libdcerpc-samba4.so
/usr/lib64/samba/libshares-samba4.so
/usr/lib64/samba/libsmbpasswdparser-samba4.so
/usr/lib64/samba/libxattr-tdb-samba4.so
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/29/e555360a3be778ca995ba73a02359b4c45d53c
/usr/lib/.build-id/36/b4021c3e56db64305a911e2beb70f1c6a69c18
/usr/lib/.build-id/38/4552a2dd3901cc0c9ff294bea077ccb6b56223
/usr/lib/.build-id/48
/usr/lib/.build-id/48/7088e88ccbb1fd0ed843b74ba12fc2996ac0fd
/usr/lib/.build-id/59
/usr/lib/.build-id/59/b0bcda99579d5a737c42e0517335a2ab666a15
/usr/lib/.build-id/63
/usr/lib/.build-id/63/1f66f62fe9198c2955bd8637d565327541ab3a
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a/d080f1eda6db0f764922d6e19362a8f70f7feb
/usr/lib/.build-id/ae/9f07d301159ad45bfa732035f5706e5e14056f
/usr/lib/libdcerpc-samr.so.0
/usr/lib/libdcerpc-samr.so.0.0.1
/usr/lib/samba/libLIBWBCLIENT-OLD-samba4.so
/usr/lib/samba/libauth-unix-token-samba4.so
/usr/lib/samba/libauth4-samba4.so
/usr/lib/samba/libdcerpc-samba4.so
/usr/lib/samba/libshares-samba4.so
/usr/lib/samba/libsmbpasswdparser-samba4.so
/usr/lib/samba/libxattr-tdb-samba4.so

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install samba-libs on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.