How To Install krb5-pkinit on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install krb5-pkinit on Rocky Linux 8. krb5-pkinit is The PKINIT module for Kerberos 5

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install krb5-pkinit on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `krb5-pkinit`

Kerberos is a network authentication system. The krb5-pkinit package contains the PKINIT plugin, which allows clients to obtain initial credentials from a KDC using a private key and a certificate.

We can use yum or dnf to install krb5-pkinit on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install krb5-pkinit.

Install krb5-pkinit on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install krb5-pkinit using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install krb5-pkinit

Install krb5-pkinit on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install krb5-pkinit using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install krb5-pkinit

How To Uninstall krb5-pkinit on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the krb5-pkinit package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove krb5-pkinit

krb5-pkinit Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/80
/usr/lib/.build-id/80/ab90b65ccaf469d5bf4b1ce355b9f80c9b7e1c
/usr/lib/krb5
/usr/lib/krb5/plugins
/usr/lib/krb5/plugins/preauth
/usr/lib/krb5/plugins/preauth/pkinit.so
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef/c7e955f43e13b90ebf253127f25ab45cdca376
/usr/lib64/krb5
/usr/lib64/krb5/plugins
/usr/lib64/krb5/plugins/preauth
/usr/lib64/krb5/plugins/preauth/pkinit.so

References

krb5-pkinit website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install krb5-pkinit on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.