How To Install 389-adminutil on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install 389-adminutil on CentOS 7. 389-adminutil is Utility library for 389 administration

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install 389-adminutil on CentOS 7.

What is 389-adminutil

389-adminutil is libraries of functions used to administer directory servers, usually in conjunction with the admin server. 389-adminutil is broken into two libraries - libadminutil contains the basic functionality, and libadmsslutil contains SSL versions and wrappers around the basic functions. The PSET functions allow applications to store their preferences and configuration parameters in LDAP, without having to know anything about LDAP. The configuration is cached in a local file, allowing applications to function even if the LDAP server is down. The other code is typically used by CGI programs used for directory server management, containing GET/POST processing code as well as resource handling (ICU ures API).

We can use yum or dnf to install 389-adminutil on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install 389-adminutil.

Install 389-adminutil on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install 389-adminutil using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install 389-adminutil

Install 389-adminutil on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install 389-adminutil using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install 389-adminutil

How To Uninstall 389-adminutil on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the 389-adminutil package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove 389-adminutil

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install 389-adminutil on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.