How To Install heimdal-workstation on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install heimdal-workstation on CentOS 7. heimdal-workstation is Heimdal kerberos programs for use on workstations

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install heimdal-workstation on CentOS 7.

What is heimdal-workstation

This package contains Heimdal Kerberos 5 programs and utilities for use on workstations (kinit, klist, kdestroy, kpasswd)

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

Install heimdal-workstation on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install heimdal-workstation

Install heimdal-workstation 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 heimdal-workstation using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install heimdal-workstation

How To Uninstall heimdal-workstation on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the heimdal-workstation package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove heimdal-workstation

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Summary

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