How To Install samba-dc.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install samba-dc.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. samba-dc.x86_64 is Samba AD Domain Controller

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install samba-dc.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `samba-dc.x86_64`

The samba-dc package provides AD Domain Controller functionality

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

Install samba-dc.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 samba-dc.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install samba-dc.x86_64

How To Uninstall samba-dc.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the samba-dc.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove samba-dc.x86_64

samba-dc.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/share/doc/samba-dc-4.10.16
/usr/share/doc/samba-dc-4.10.16/README.dc

References

samba-dc.x86_64 website

Summary

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