How To Install ldapvi on CentOS 8

ldapvi is An interactive LDAP client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ldapvi on CentOS 8.

What is ldapvi

ldapvi is an interactive LDAP client for Unix terminals. Using it, you can update LDAP entries with a text editor, which is the same as vi. Think of it as vipw(1) for LDAP.

We can use yum or dnf to install ldapvi on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ldapvi.

Install ldapvi on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install ldapvi using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ldapvi

Install ldapvi on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install ldapvi using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ldapvi

How To Uninstall ldapvi on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the ldapvi package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ldapvi

ldapvi Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/ldapvi
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e/6f2352c1f22f31ecf2829fcc3306489488aa98
/usr/share/doc/ldapvi
/usr/share/doc/ldapvi/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/ldapvi/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/ldapvi/bg.png
/usr/share/doc/ldapvi/manual.css
/usr/share/doc/ldapvi/manual.html
/usr/share/man/man1/ldapvi.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ldapvi on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.