How To Install bdii on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bdii on AlmaLinux 8.
What is bdii
The Berkeley Database Information Index (BDII) consists of a standard LDAP database which is updated by an external process. The update process obtains LDIF from a number of sources and merges them. It then compares this to the contents of the database and creates an LDIF file of the differences. This is then used to update the database.
We can use yum or dnf to install bdii on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bdii.
Install bdii on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install bdii using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install bdii
Install bdii on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install bdii using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install bdii
How To Uninstall bdii on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the bdii package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove bdii
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bdii on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.