How To Install samba-common on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install samba-common on Rocky Linux 8. samba-common is Files used by both Samba servers and clients

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install samba-common on Rocky Linux 8.

What is samba-common

samba-common provides files necessary for both the server and client packages of Samba.

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

Install samba-common 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 samba-common using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install samba-common

Install samba-common 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 samba-common using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install samba-common

How To Uninstall samba-common on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove samba-common

samba-common Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/logrotate.d
/etc/logrotate.d/samba
/etc/samba
/etc/samba/lmhosts
/etc/samba/smb.conf
/etc/samba/smb.conf.example
/etc/sysconfig/samba
/run/samba
/run/winbindd
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/samba.conf
/usr/share/man/man5/lmhosts.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/smb.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/smbpasswd.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/samba.7.gz
/var/lib/samba
/var/lib/samba/lock
/var/lib/samba/private
/var/log/samba
/var/log/samba/old

References

Summary

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