How To Install sssd-common-pac on CentOS 8

sssd-common-pac is Common files needed for supporting PAC processing

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd-common-pac on CentOS 8.

What is sssd-common-pac

Provides common files needed by SSSD providers such as IPA and Active Directory for handling Kerberos PACs.

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

Install sssd-common-pac 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 sssd-common-pac using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sssd-common-pac

Install sssd-common-pac 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 sssd-common-pac using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sssd-common-pac

How To Uninstall sssd-common-pac on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the sssd-common-pac package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove sssd-common-pac

sssd-common-pac Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/16/9c69a3d7bfd8590984c97b83c20d4ede521171
/usr/libexec/sssd/sssd_pac
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-common-pac
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-common-pac/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b/da07f42d327cb0d596b03a46b67e384162487c
/usr/libexec/sssd/sssd_pac
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-common-pac
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-common-pac/COPYING

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd-common-pac on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.