How To Install krb5-pkinit.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install krb5-pkinit.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. krb5-pkinit.i686 is The PKINIT module for Kerberos 5

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install krb5-pkinit.i686 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `krb5-pkinit.i686`

Kerberos is a network authentication system. The krb5-pkinit package contains the PKINIT plugin, which allows clients to obtain initial credentials from a KDC using a private key and a certificate.

We can use yum to install krb5-pkinit.i686 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install krb5-pkinit.i686.

Install krb5-pkinit.i686 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install krb5-pkinit.i686 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install krb5-pkinit.i686

How To Uninstall krb5-pkinit.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the krb5-pkinit.i686 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove krb5-pkinit.i686

krb5-pkinit.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/krb5
/usr/lib/krb5/plugins
/usr/lib/krb5/plugins/preauth
/usr/lib/krb5/plugins/preauth/pkinit.so

References

krb5-pkinit.i686 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install krb5-pkinit.i686 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.