How To Install ldapvi on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install ldapvi in Fedora 36. ldapvi is An interactive LDAP client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ldapvi on Fedora 36.

What is ldapvi

ldapvi is an interactive LDAP client for Unix terminals. Using it, you can update LDAP entries with a text editor, which is the same as vi. Think of it as vipw(1) for LDAP.

We can use yum or dnf to install ldapvi on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ldapvi.

Install ldapvi on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ldapvi using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ldapvi

Install ldapvi on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ldapvi using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ldapvi

How To Uninstall ldapvi on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the ldapvi package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ldapvi

ldapvi Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/ldapvi
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e/1a07ce099e9df8e1ff50bc882e0049f999f481
/usr/share/doc/ldapvi
/usr/share/doc/ldapvi/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/ldapvi/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/ldapvi/bg.png
/usr/share/doc/ldapvi/manual.css
/usr/share/doc/ldapvi/manual.html
/usr/share/man/man1/ldapvi.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ldapvi on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).