How To Install samba-pidl on CentOS 8

samba-pidl is Perl IDL compiler

Introduction

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

What is `samba-pidl`

The samba-pidl package contains the Perl IDL compiler used by Samba and Wireshark to parse IDL and similar protocols

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

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

sudo dnf -y install samba-pidl

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

sudo yum -y install samba-pidl

How To Uninstall samba-pidl on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove samba-pidl

samba-pidl Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/pidl
/usr/share/doc/samba-pidl
/usr/share/doc/samba-pidl/README
/usr/share/man/man1/pidl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Parse::Pidl::Dump.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Parse::Pidl::NDR.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Parse::Pidl::Util.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Parse::Pidl::Wireshark::Conformance.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Parse::Pidl::Wireshark::NDR.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Parse
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Parse/Pidl
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Parse/Pidl.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Parse/Pidl/Base.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Parse/Pidl/CUtil.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Parse/Pidl/Compat.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Parse/Pidl/Dump.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Parse/Pidl/Expr.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Parse/Pidl/IDL.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Parse/Pidl/NDR.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Parse/Pidl/ODL.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Parse/Pidl/Samba3
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Parse/Pidl/Samba3/ClientNDR.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Parse/Pidl/Samba3/ServerNDR.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Parse/Pidl/Samba3/Template.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Parse/Pidl/Samba4
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Parse/Pidl/Samba4.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Parse/Pidl/Samba4/COM
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Parse/Pidl/Samba4/COM/Header.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Parse/Pidl/Samba4/COM/Proxy.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Parse/Pidl/Samba4/COM/Stub.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Parse/Pidl/Samba4/Header.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Parse/Pidl/Samba4/NDR
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Parse/Pidl/Samba4/NDR/Client.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Parse/Pidl/Samba4/NDR/Parser.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Parse/Pidl/Samba4/NDR/Server.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Parse/Pidl/Samba4/NDR/ServerCompat.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Parse/Pidl/Samba4/Python.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Parse/Pidl/Samba4/TDR.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Parse/Pidl/Samba4/Template.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Parse/Pidl/Typelist.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Parse/Pidl/Util.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Parse/Pidl/Wireshark
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Parse/Pidl/Wireshark/Conformance.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Parse/Pidl/Wireshark/NDR.pm

References

samba-pidl website

Summary

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