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

In this tutorial we learn how to install samba-test.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. samba-test.x86_64 is Testing tools for Samba servers and clients

Introduction

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

What is `samba-test.x86_64`

samba-test provides testing tools for both the server and client packages of Samba.

We can use yum to install samba-test.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-test.x86_64.

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

sudo yum -y install samba-test.x86_64

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

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

sudo yum remove samba-test.x86_64

samba-test.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/gentest
/usr/bin/locktest
/usr/bin/masktest
/usr/bin/ndrdump
/usr/bin/smbtorture
/usr/share/man/man1/gentest.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/locktest.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/masktest.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ndrdump.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/smbtorture.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/vfstest.1.gz

References

samba-test.x86_64 website

Summary

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