How To Install openldap on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install openldap on Rocky Linux 8. openldap is LDAP support libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install openldap on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `openldap`

OpenLDAP is an open source suite of LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) applications and development tools. LDAP is a set of protocols for accessing directory services (usually phone book style information, but other information is possible) over the Internet, similar to the way DNS (Domain Name System) information is propagated over the Internet. The openldap package contains configuration files, libraries, and documentation for OpenLDAP.

We can use yum or dnf to install openldap on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install openldap.

Install openldap on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install openldap

Install openldap on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install openldap using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install openldap

How To Uninstall openldap on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the openldap package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove openldap

openldap Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/openldap
/etc/openldap/certs
/etc/openldap/ldap.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f/247d129cca6798140dd9d0240484e0f2ccfaff
/usr/lib/.build-id/89
/usr/lib/.build-id/89/06726f6c24b6e38107890391cc97ed2f444246
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d/6602fdae14555b4f12dd0073c1f6f390aa688c
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9/5541a7017ff6dd88ececd5f84b924d47d15028
/usr/lib64/liblber-2.4.so.2
/usr/lib64/liblber-2.4.so.2.10.9
/usr/lib64/libldap-2.4.so.2
/usr/lib64/libldap-2.4.so.2.10.9
/usr/lib64/libldap_r-2.4.so.2
/usr/lib64/libldap_r-2.4.so.2.10.9
/usr/lib64/libslapi-2.4.so.2
/usr/lib64/libslapi-2.4.so.2.10.9
/usr/libexec/openldap
/usr/share/doc/openldap
/usr/share/doc/openldap/ANNOUNCEMENT
/usr/share/doc/openldap/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/openldap/README
/usr/share/licenses/openldap
/usr/share/licenses/openldap/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/licenses/openldap/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man5/ldap.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/ldif.5.gz
/etc/openldap
/etc/openldap/certs
/etc/openldap/ldap.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/31
/usr/lib/.build-id/31/1779e483cb55dcad532d4d3af15bbfe10be5d9
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f/b282b0a8a47e0328350ce0d12a6ae598f7cb64
/usr/lib/.build-id/b4
/usr/lib/.build-id/b4/b4e99e329d83fa9e6925170a4bcdc750d9a04e
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9/978de2dddfbbc4592a9cdb4d434627347dafa2
/usr/lib64/liblber-2.4.so.2
/usr/lib64/liblber-2.4.so.2.10.9
/usr/lib64/libldap-2.4.so.2
/usr/lib64/libldap-2.4.so.2.10.9
/usr/lib64/libldap_r-2.4.so.2
/usr/lib64/libldap_r-2.4.so.2.10.9
/usr/lib64/libslapi-2.4.so.2
/usr/lib64/libslapi-2.4.so.2.10.9
/usr/libexec/openldap
/usr/share/doc/openldap
/usr/share/doc/openldap/ANNOUNCEMENT
/usr/share/doc/openldap/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/openldap/README
/usr/share/licenses/openldap
/usr/share/licenses/openldap/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/licenses/openldap/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man5/ldap.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/ldif.5.gz
/etc/openldap
/etc/openldap/certs
/etc/openldap/ldap.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/46
/usr/lib/.build-id/46/5d5354c4f11083882eb6aa81735feaf7817f56
/usr/lib/.build-id/93
/usr/lib/.build-id/93/c0e3ea1a5fb5238be4dcce1e3ce69d11643098
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6/36d4070b861a811564a2eaa8d249c17f697a0b
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3/4537ac16066c5bed5905a13c016126cea1c47d
/usr/lib/liblber-2.4.so.2
/usr/lib/liblber-2.4.so.2.10.9
/usr/lib/libldap-2.4.so.2
/usr/lib/libldap-2.4.so.2.10.9
/usr/lib/libldap_r-2.4.so.2
/usr/lib/libldap_r-2.4.so.2.10.9
/usr/lib/libslapi-2.4.so.2
/usr/lib/libslapi-2.4.so.2.10.9
/usr/libexec/openldap
/usr/share/doc/openldap
/usr/share/doc/openldap/ANNOUNCEMENT
/usr/share/doc/openldap/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/openldap/README
/usr/share/licenses/openldap
/usr/share/licenses/openldap/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/licenses/openldap/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man5/ldap.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/ldif.5.gz
/etc/openldap
/etc/openldap/certs
/etc/openldap/ldap.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/76
/usr/lib/.build-id/76/127a6ce3282c92c18b99f84f7eadabd5a60e5b
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7/1f63108d946b1f48b3f90e1565a542ac880df2
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea/09eed5130a7001c8691eb324d76351b0f62067
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5/b30be36a3bffea3cf16d6d7df398e5618897ad
/usr/lib/liblber-2.4.so.2
/usr/lib/liblber-2.4.so.2.10.9
/usr/lib/libldap-2.4.so.2
/usr/lib/libldap-2.4.so.2.10.9
/usr/lib/libldap_r-2.4.so.2
/usr/lib/libldap_r-2.4.so.2.10.9
/usr/lib/libslapi-2.4.so.2
/usr/lib/libslapi-2.4.so.2.10.9
/usr/libexec/openldap
/usr/share/doc/openldap
/usr/share/doc/openldap/ANNOUNCEMENT
/usr/share/doc/openldap/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/openldap/README
/usr/share/licenses/openldap
/usr/share/licenses/openldap/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/licenses/openldap/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man5/ldap.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/ldif.5.gz

References

openldap website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install openldap on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.