How To Install python-krbV.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-krbV.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. python-krbV.x86_64 is Python extension module for Kerberos 5

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-krbV.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `python-krbV.x86_64`

python-krbV allows python programs to use Kerberos 5 authentication and security.

We can use yum to install python-krbV.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python-krbV.x86_64.

Install python-krbV.x86_64 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 python-krbV.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python-krbV.x86_64

How To Uninstall python-krbV.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the python-krbV.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove python-krbV.x86_64

python-krbV.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/krbVmodule.so
/usr/share/doc/python-krbV-1.0.90
/usr/share/doc/python-krbV-1.0.90/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/python-krbV-1.0.90/README
/usr/share/doc/python-krbV-1.0.90/krbV-code-snippets.py

References

python-krbV.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-krbV.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.