How To Install samba-devel on CentOS 8

samba-devel is Developer tools for Samba libraries Developer tools for Samba libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install samba-devel on CentOS 8.

What is samba-devel

The samba-devel package contains the header files for the libraries needed to develop programs that link against the SMB, RPC and other libraries in the Samba suite. samba-devel 4.13.3 3.el8 x86_64 309 k samba-4.13.3-3.el8.src.rpm powertools Developer tools for Samba libraries https GPLv3+ and LGPLv3+ The samba-devel package contains the header files for the libraries needed to develop programs that link against the SMB, RPC and other libraries in the Samba suite.

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

Install samba-devel 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-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install samba-devel

Install samba-devel 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-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install samba-devel

How To Uninstall samba-devel on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the samba-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove samba-devel

samba-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/include/samba-4.0/charset.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/core/doserr.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/core/error.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/core/hresult.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/core/ntstatus.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/core/ntstatus_gen.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/core/werror.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/core/werror_gen.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/credentials.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/dcerpc.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/dcesrv_core.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/domain_credentials.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/gen_ndr/atsvc.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/gen_ndr/auth.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/gen_ndr/dcerpc.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/gen_ndr/drsblobs.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/gen_ndr/drsuapi.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/gen_ndr/krb5pac.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/gen_ndr/lsa.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/gen_ndr/misc.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/gen_ndr/nbt.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/gen_ndr/ndr_atsvc.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/gen_ndr/ndr_dcerpc.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/gen_ndr/ndr_drsblobs.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/gen_ndr/ndr_drsuapi.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/gen_ndr/ndr_krb5pac.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/gen_ndr/ndr_misc.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/gen_ndr/ndr_nbt.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/gen_ndr/ndr_samr.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/gen_ndr/ndr_samr_c.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/gen_ndr/ndr_svcctl.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/gen_ndr/ndr_svcctl_c.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/gen_ndr/netlogon.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/gen_ndr/samr.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/gen_ndr/security.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/gen_ndr/server_id.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/gen_ndr/svcctl.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/ldb_wrap.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/lookup_sid.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/machine_sid.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/ndr
/usr/include/samba-4.0/ndr.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/ndr/ndr_dcerpc.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/ndr/ndr_drsblobs.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/ndr/ndr_drsuapi.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/ndr/ndr_krb5pac.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/ndr/ndr_nbt.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/ndr/ndr_svcctl.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/netapi.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/param.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/passdb.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/policy.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/rpc_common.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/samba/session.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/samba/version.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/share.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/smb2_lease_struct.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/smb_ldap.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/smbconf.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/smbldap.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/tdr.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/tsocket.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/tsocket_internal.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/util
/usr/include/samba-4.0/util/attr.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/util/blocking.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/util/data_blob.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/util/debug.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/util/discard.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/util/fault.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/util/genrand.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/util/idtree.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/util/idtree_random.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/util/signal.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/util/string_wrappers.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/util/substitute.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/util/tevent_ntstatus.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/util/tevent_unix.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/util/tevent_werror.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/util/tfork.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/util/time.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/util_ldb.h
/usr/lib/libdcerpc-binding.so
/usr/lib/libdcerpc-samr.so
/usr/lib/libdcerpc-server-core.so
/usr/lib/libdcerpc.so
/usr/lib/libndr-krb5pac.so
/usr/lib/libndr-nbt.so
/usr/lib/libndr-standard.so
/usr/lib/libndr.so
/usr/lib/libnetapi.so
/usr/lib/libsamba-credentials.so
/usr/lib/libsamba-errors.so
/usr/lib/libsamba-hostconfig.so
/usr/lib/libsamba-passdb.so
/usr/lib/libsamba-util.so
/usr/lib/libsamdb.so
/usr/lib/libsmbconf.so
/usr/lib/libsmbldap.so
/usr/lib/libtevent-util.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/dcerpc.pc
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/dcerpc_samr.pc
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/ndr.pc
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/ndr_krb5pac.pc
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/ndr_nbt.pc
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/ndr_standard.pc
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/netapi.pc
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/samba-credentials.pc
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/samba-hostconfig.pc
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/samba-util.pc
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/samdb.pc
/usr/include/samba-4.0/charset.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/core/doserr.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/core/error.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/core/hresult.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/core/ntstatus.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/core/ntstatus_gen.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/core/werror.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/core/werror_gen.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/credentials.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/dcerpc.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/dcesrv_core.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/domain_credentials.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/gen_ndr/atsvc.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/gen_ndr/auth.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/gen_ndr/dcerpc.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/gen_ndr/drsblobs.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/gen_ndr/drsuapi.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/gen_ndr/krb5pac.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/gen_ndr/lsa.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/gen_ndr/misc.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/gen_ndr/nbt.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/gen_ndr/ndr_atsvc.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/gen_ndr/ndr_dcerpc.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/gen_ndr/ndr_drsblobs.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/gen_ndr/ndr_drsuapi.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/gen_ndr/ndr_krb5pac.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/gen_ndr/ndr_misc.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/gen_ndr/ndr_nbt.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/gen_ndr/ndr_samr.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/gen_ndr/ndr_samr_c.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/gen_ndr/ndr_svcctl.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/gen_ndr/ndr_svcctl_c.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/gen_ndr/netlogon.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/gen_ndr/samr.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/gen_ndr/security.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/gen_ndr/server_id.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/gen_ndr/svcctl.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/ldb_wrap.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/lookup_sid.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/machine_sid.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/ndr
/usr/include/samba-4.0/ndr.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/ndr/ndr_dcerpc.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/ndr/ndr_drsblobs.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/ndr/ndr_drsuapi.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/ndr/ndr_krb5pac.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/ndr/ndr_nbt.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/ndr/ndr_svcctl.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/netapi.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/param.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/passdb.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/policy.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/rpc_common.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/samba/session.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/samba/version.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/share.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/smb2_lease_struct.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/smb_ldap.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/smbconf.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/smbldap.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/tdr.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/tsocket.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/tsocket_internal.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/util
/usr/include/samba-4.0/util/attr.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/util/blocking.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/util/data_blob.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/util/debug.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/util/discard.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/util/fault.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/util/genrand.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/util/idtree.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/util/idtree_random.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/util/signal.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/util/string_wrappers.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/util/substitute.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/util/tevent_ntstatus.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/util/tevent_unix.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/util/tevent_werror.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/util/tfork.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/util/time.h
/usr/include/samba-4.0/util_ldb.h
/usr/lib64/libdcerpc-binding.so
/usr/lib64/libdcerpc-samr.so
/usr/lib64/libdcerpc-server-core.so
/usr/lib64/libdcerpc.so
/usr/lib64/libndr-krb5pac.so
/usr/lib64/libndr-nbt.so
/usr/lib64/libndr-standard.so
/usr/lib64/libndr.so
/usr/lib64/libnetapi.so
/usr/lib64/libsamba-credentials.so
/usr/lib64/libsamba-errors.so
/usr/lib64/libsamba-hostconfig.so
/usr/lib64/libsamba-passdb.so
/usr/lib64/libsamba-util.so
/usr/lib64/libsamdb.so
/usr/lib64/libsmbconf.so
/usr/lib64/libsmbldap.so
/usr/lib64/libtevent-util.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/dcerpc.pc
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/dcerpc_samr.pc
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/ndr.pc
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/ndr_krb5pac.pc
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/ndr_nbt.pc
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/ndr_standard.pc
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/netapi.pc
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/samba-credentials.pc
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/samba-hostconfig.pc
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/samba-util.pc
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/samdb.pc

References

Summary

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