How To Install cifs-utils-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install cifs-utils-devel on CentOS 7. cifs-utils-devel is Files needed for building plugins for cifs-utils

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cifs-utils-devel on CentOS 7.

What is cifs-utils-devel

The SMB/CIFS protocol is a standard file sharing protocol widely deployed on Microsoft Windows machines. This package contains the header file necessary for building ID mapping plugins for cifs-utils. The SMB/CIFS protocol is a standard file sharing protocol widely deployed on Microsoft Windows machines. This package contains the header file necessary for building ID mapping plugins for cifs-utils.

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

Install cifs-utils-devel on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install cifs-utils-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cifs-utils-devel

Install cifs-utils-devel 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 cifs-utils-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cifs-utils-devel

How To Uninstall cifs-utils-devel on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the cifs-utils-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove cifs-utils-devel

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cifs-utils-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.