How To Install samba-test-libs on CentOS 8

samba-test-libs is Libraries need by the testing tools for Samba servers and clients

Introduction

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

What is samba-test-libs

samba-test-libs provides libraries required by the testing tools.

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

Install samba-test-libs 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-test-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install samba-test-libs

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

sudo yum -y install samba-test-libs

How To Uninstall samba-test-libs on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove samba-test-libs

samba-test-libs Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9/ac674d2b5c15caa2c0e0ba52af553d8262263a
/usr/lib64/samba/libdsdb-module-samba4.so

References

Summary

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