How To Install samba-common-tools on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install samba-common-tools on CentOS 8.
What is samba-common-tools
The samba-common-tools package contains tools for Samba servers and SMB/CIFS clients.
We can use yum or dnf to install samba-common-tools on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install samba-common-tools.
Install samba-common-tools 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 samba-common-tools using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install samba-common-tools
Install samba-common-tools 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 samba-common-tools using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install samba-common-tools
How To Uninstall samba-common-tools on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the samba-common-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove samba-common-tools
samba-common-tools Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/net
/usr/bin/pdbedit
/usr/bin/profiles
/usr/bin/smbcontrol
/usr/bin/smbpasswd
/usr/bin/testparm
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/00
/usr/lib/.build-id/00/38beae11ef3153b6e8e04ede046b16315b9660
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f/0da427dfc6f4421ea824b4adb68e5428c64e76
/usr/lib/.build-id/87
/usr/lib/.build-id/87/74c4fc19e0305c9f5ffb9965cbaacaaee9811b
/usr/lib/.build-id/90
/usr/lib/.build-id/90/ed580f6e81ec375bd7958805dd633805903972
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7/122f9c1682064721d33080ed6ddc45aa9809aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1/468c71087b2387994ae6f1437f6f3464cf35b9
/usr/share/man/man1/profiles.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/smbcontrol.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/testparm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/net.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pdbedit.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/smbpasswd.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install samba-common-tools on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.